Title: The King's Body
First published: November 2001
Description: "The King's Body offers an overview of a central theme in European history: the nature and meaning of the sacred rituals of kingship. Informed by the work of recent cultural anthropologists, Sergio Bertelli explores the cult of kingship, which pervaded the lives of hundreds of thousands of subjects, poor and rich, noble and cleric.

His analysis takes in a wide spectrum, from the Vandal kings of Spain and the long-haired kings of France, to the beheaded kings of England and France, Charles I and Louis XVI."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Medieval Kings and rulers, Kings and rulers, Divine right of kings, Religious aspects, Power (Christian theology), Christianity
LC classification: JC