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oapen-20.500.12657-283702021-11-04T14:08:27Z Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages Scholl, Christian Gebhardt, Torben R Clauß, Jan History History Middle Ages imperial Charlemagne Saladin Europe Byzantium Middle East bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history::HBJF1 Middle Eastern history During the Middle Ages, rulers from different regions aspired to an idea of imperial hegemony. On the other hand, there were rulers who deliberately refused to be «emperors», although their reign showed characteristics of imperial rule. The contributions in this volume ask for the reasons why some rulers such as Charlemagne strove for imperial titles, whereas others voluntarily shrank from them. They also look at the characteristics of and rituals connected to imperial rule as well as to the way Medieval empires saw themselves. Thus, the authors in this volume adopt a transcultural perspective, covering Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Europe, Byzantium and the Middle East. Furthermore, they go beyond the borders of Christianity by including various caliphates and Islamic «hegemonic» rulers like Saladin. 2018-10-02 23:55 2020-03-22 03:00:32 2020-04-01T12:21:41Z 2020-04-01T12:21:41Z 2017-03-17 book 1001592 OCN: 982142601 9783631662199;9783653052329;9783631706244 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28370 eng application/pdf n/a 1001592.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/978-3-653-05232-9 103568 10.3726/978-3-653-05232-9 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783631662199;9783653052329;9783631706244 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 103568 OGeSoMO Knowledge Unlatched open access
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During the Middle Ages, rulers from different regions aspired to an idea of imperial hegemony. On the other hand, there were rulers who deliberately refused to be «emperors», although their reign showed characteristics of imperial rule. The contributions in this volume ask for the reasons why some rulers such as Charlemagne strove for imperial titles, whereas others voluntarily shrank from them. They also look at the characteristics of and rituals connected to imperial rule as well as to the way Medieval empires saw themselves. Thus, the authors in this volume adopt a transcultural perspective, covering Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Europe, Byzantium and the Middle East. Furthermore, they go beyond the borders of Christianity by including various caliphates and Islamic «hegemonic» rulers like Saladin.
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