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Rituals of royalty : power and ceremonial in traditional societies / edited by David Cannadine and Simon Price. - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987. - xi, 351 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Past and present publications .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Usurpation, conquest, and ceremonial / Amélie Kuhrt -- From noble funerals to divine cult / Simon Price -- The construction of court ritual / Averil Cameron -- The Lord's anointed and the people's choice / Janet L. Nelson -- Bureaucrats and cosmology / David McMullen -- Gifts to the gods / Richard Burghart -- The ritual of the royal bath in Madagascar / Maurice Bloch -- The person of the king / Michelle Gilbert.

ISBN: 0521335132

LCCN: 86029881

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rites and ceremonies--Cross-cultural studies.
Kings and rulers--Cross-cultural studies.
Power (Social sciences)--Cross-cultural studies.

LC Class. No.: GN473

Dewey Class. No.: 390/.22