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Rituals of royalty : power and ceremonial in traditional societies

Heads of states mark their rites of passage with splendid ceremonial. The essays in this book ñ all specially written for it ñ address the central problem in the understanding of royal rituals, namely the relation between power and anthropologists. The traditional societies examined range from ancient Babylon to nineteenth-century Madagascar.
Print Book, English, 1987
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], 1987
Cross-cultural studies
xi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780521335133, 9780521428910, 0521335132, 0521428912
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Usurpation, conquest, and ceremonial / Amélie Kuhrt
From noble funerals to divine cult / Simon Price
The construction of court ritual / Averil Cameron
The Lord's anointed and the people's choice / Janet L. Nelson
Bureaucrats and cosmology / David McMullen
Gifts to the gods / Richard Burghart
The ritual of the royal bath in Madagascar / Maurice Bloch
The person of the king / Michelle Gilbert