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Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, function, and self-perceptions of military and administrative elites respectively. Two additional concise chapters provide a focused analysis of the construction of specific dynasties (the Golden Horde and the Habsburgs) and narratives of kingship found in fiction throughout Eurasia. The contributors and editors, authorities in their fields, systematically bring together specialised literature on numerous Eurasian kingdoms and empires. This book is a careful and thought-provoking experiment in the global, comparative and connected history of rulers and elites.
Price: $245.00
Pages: 654
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Rulers & Elites
Publication Date:
01 February 2018
ISBN: 9789004315709
Format: Hardcover
Maaike van Berkel, Ph.D. (2003), University of Amsterdam, is Professor of Medieval History at Radboud University in Nijmegen. She has published on communication, court culture, and urban organisation, including Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court (2013).
Jeroen Duindam, Ph.D. (1992), Utrecht University, is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leiden. He has published widely on courts, rulers, and dynasties, including Vienna and Versailles (2003) and Dynasties (2016).
Jeroen Duindam, Ph.D. (1992), Utrecht University, is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leiden. He has published widely on courts, rulers, and dynasties, including Vienna and Versailles (2003) and Dynasties (2016).