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Item Details
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ROBES AND HONOR
THE MEDIEVAL WORLD OF INVESTITURE |
| By: |
Stewart Gordon (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£77.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0333802152 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780333802151 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
21 January, 2000 |
| Series: |
The New Middle Ages |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
This is an exploration of the possible common origin and subsequent developments of investiture across medieval Christianity and Islam. The ceremony was more than the public adoption of a high value textile as symbol of office; robing established a personal link from the giver to the receiver. |
| Synopsis: |
This is an exploration of the possible common origin and subsequent developments of investiture across medieval Christianity and medieval Islam. The ceremony in all of its cultural variety was much more than the public adoption of a high value textile as symbol of office within a culture. Robing established a personal link from the hand of the giver king, pope, head of a sect, ambassador - to the receiver noble, general, official, nun, or acolyte. This volume challenges current thinking on religious and regional boundaries of cultures, raises semiotic issues about imagined communities, and addresses problems of kingship. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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