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 Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires: A Global Perspective

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xvi)   (484K)
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    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • List Of Contributors
    • List Of Figures
  • Royal Courts In Dynastic States And Empires (1-24) by Jeroen Duindam   (477K)
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    • Introduction
    • Project, Conference, And Volume
    • A Model For Court Studies?
    • Sources And Perspectives
    • The Contributions
    • Themes
  • Pride, Pomp And Circumstance: Palace, Court And Household In Assyria 879–612 BCE (25-62) by Gojko Barjamovic   (1M)
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    • The North-West Palace At Nimrud
    • Visitors And Protocol In The Assyrian Imperial Household
    • The ‘Women’s Quarters’
    • The Royal Eunuchs
    • Conclusion
  • Hellenistic Court Society: The Seleukid Imperial Court Under Antiochos The Great, 223–187 BCE (63-90) by Rolf Strootman   (496K)
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    • Introduction
    • Empire And City
    • The Friends Of The King
    • Antiochos’ Accession
    • The Courtiers Of Antiochos III
    • The Ethnicity Of The Seleukid Ruling Class
    • Governors Into Kings
    • Court Titulature: Offices And Honorific Titles
    • Conclusion
  • The Roman Imperial Court: Seen And Unseen In The Performance Of Power (91-102) by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill   (443K)
  • Court And State In The Roman Empire—Domestication And Tradition In Comparative Perspective (103-128) by Peter Fibiger Bang   (491K)
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    • A Roman Court Or The Aristocratic Republic Domesticated?
    • A Contested Arena
    • A Vehicle Of Negotiation And Compromise
    • Between Domestication And Tradition
  • Court And Capital In Byzantium (129-144) by Paul Magdalino   (453K)
  • A King On The Move: The Place Of An Itinerant Court In Charlemagne’s Government (145-170) by Rosamond McKitterick   (487K)
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    • Conclusion
  • Court Historiography In Early Tang China: Assigning A Place To History And Historians At The Palace (171-198) by Isenbike Togan   (797K)
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    • Introduction
    • Early Tang Court: Encampment And Palace
    • The Tang History Writing Project: Court Historiography
    • The Actual Writing Of Tang History
    • Private Histories Written At The Court
    • Taizong’s Personality And His Interest In Historiography
    • The Emperor Changing The Unfavorable To His Favor
    • Taizong As A Man In Pursuit Of A Long-Lasting Image
    • Conclusion
  • To Be A Prince In The Fourth/Tenth-Century Abbasid Court (199-216) by Nadia Maria El Cheikh   (475K)
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    • The Abbasid Courtier: Some Definitions
    • The Birth Of A Prince
    • The Education Of A Prince
    • The Court Of The Prince
    • The Roles Of The Prince
    • The Plight Of The Prince
  • Ceremonies And The City: The Court In Fourteenth-Century Constantinople (217-236) by Ruth Macrides   (523K)
  • The Pope’s Household And Court In The Early Modern Age (237-264) by Maria Antonietta Visceglia   (496K)
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    • I. Organization Of The Household
    • II. Prerogatives And Privileges Of The Familiares
  • The Monarch And Inner-Outer Court Dualism In Late Imperial China (265-288) by Sabine Dabringhaus   (671K)
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    • I
    • II
    • III
  • Turks in the Ottoman Imperial Palace (289-312) by O. Metin Kunt   (652K)
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    • Sans Family, Sans Ethnicity?
    • Training To Create A New Person
    • From The Father’s House To The Son’s Household
    • Accession Of Selim II
    • Accession Of Murad III
    • Toward A New Palace
  • The Mughal Audience Hall: A Solomonic Revival Of Persepolis In The Form Of A Mosque (313-338) by Ebba Koch   (2M)
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    • Shah Jahan’s Court
    • Court Ceremonial And Its Buildings
    • The Audience Halls
    • Function Of The Audience Halls
    • Sources Of The Audience Halls As Chihil Sutuns (Forty-Pillared Halls)
    • References To Persepolis As Chihil Sutun And Site Of The Iranian Kings And Solomon
    • The Mughal Audience Halls As A Solomonic Reference To Persepolis
    • The Mughal Halls As A Recreation Of Chihil Sutun (Forty Pillared)—Persepolis
    • Audience Hall And Mosque
  • Royal Weddings And The Grand Vezirate: Institutional And Symbolic Change In The Early Eighteenth Century (339-400) by Tülay Artan   (1M)
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    • Ottoman Royal Marriages In The 15th And Early 16th Centuries
    • Late-16th Century Problems Of Legitimation And Changes In Dynastic Politics
    • Marriage Alliances And Ottoman Protocol From The Mid-17th Century Onwards
    • Reflections Of A Festive Court In Early-18th Century İstanbul
    • The (Re)Invention Of A Tradition
    • Royal Marriages As Part Of Damad İbrahim Pasha’s Ruling Strategies
    • The 1724 Wedding Processions: The Court And The City
    • Ottoman Processions In A Broader Context: Atmeydan At The Center, The Grand Vezir As The Core
    • The Wedding Processions Of 1724: Continuity And Change
    • Appendix I: Alay-ı Nişân Of Ümmügülsüm, ‘Atîke And Hadice?
    • Appendix II: Alay-ı cihâz Of Ümmügülsüm
    • Appendix III: Alay-ı Arûs Of Ümmügülsüm
  • Versailles, Vienna And Beyond: Changing Views Of Household And Government In Early Modern Europe (401-432) by Jeroen Duindam   (517K)
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    • Introduction
    • I. The Court: A Mobile, Changeable, And Multipolar Environment
    • II. Domestication
    • Conclusions
  • Index (433-444)   (445K)