Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : BRILL
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• Release Date : 11 August 2011

This volume presents new research on royal courts from antiquity to the modern world, from Asia to Europe. It addresses the interactions of rulers and and elites at court, as

• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
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• Release Date : 19 May 2024

• Publisher : BRILL
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• Release Date : 11 August 2011

In recent decades the history of premodern states and empires has undergone major revision. At the heart of this process stood the court, encompassing the household as well as government

• Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
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• Release Date : 13 July 2020

Rolf Strootman brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. During the Hellenistic Period (c. 330-30 BCE), Alexander the Great and his

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 23 January 2024

The Roman Imperial Court in the Principate and Late Antiquity examines the Roman imperial court as a social and political institution in both the Principate and Late Antiquity. By analysing

• Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
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• Release Date : 07 March 2023

Offers a fresh perspective on the role of the court in late medieval Scotland, framing it within the wider field of court studies, highlighting its centrality to the effective government

• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
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• Release Date : 21 April 2016

This volume completes Keith McMahon’s acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor’s plural wives as mere victims or playthings,

• Publisher : BRILL
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• Release Date : 04 August 2021

This book is dedicated to Metin Kunt, which primarily examines diverse cases of changes throughout Ottoman history. Both specialist and non-specialist readers will explore and understand the complexities concerning the

• Publisher : Routledge
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• Release Date : 29 April 2016

Aristocratic dynasties have long been regarded as fundamental to the development of early modern society and government. Yet recent work by political historians has increasingly questioned the dominant role of

• Publisher : BRILL
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• Release Date : 11 July 2013

The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir’s regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline,