Author:
Oakley, Francis.
Imprint:Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
Descriptionxiii, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Prologue : matters of perspective -- Gate of the gods : archaic and global patterns of cosmic kingship -- Royal saviors and shepherds : Hellenistic, Roman, biblical, and Islamic views of kingship -- The Eusebian accommodation : Christian rulership in imperial Rome, Byzantium, and Russia -- The Carolingian accommodation : Christian rulership in the Germanic successor kingdoms of Western Europe -- The sacrality of kingship in medieval and early modern Europe : papal, imperial, national -- The fading nimbus : modern kingship and its fate in a disenchanted world -- Epilogue : survivals and revivals.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
