Power of the Priests : Political Use of Religious Knowledge

• Autore: Kubisch S (Sabine)
• Pubblicazione: Berlin/Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2023; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 pages)
• Disciplina: 322.109
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Medieval
• Soggetto genere / forma: Conference papers and proceedings.
• Soggetto non controllato: Brahmans; oracles; priests; ruler legitimacy
• Altri autori: KlinkottHilmar
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Shaping Policy: Case Study from Ancient Egypt -- The Political Role of an Egyptian Priest under the Early Ptolemies: The Case of Manetho -- Oracles as an Instrument for Political Decisions and Royal Legitimation: A Case Study of Ancient Egypt -- Experts for Teaching and Consulting -- Politics in the Life of Daniel the Stylite: The Holy Man as a Political Player in Late Antique Constantinople -- Did Brahmins have Power in Premodern India? -- Instrumentalizing the 'Priests' -- Ideologists, Instigators or 'Stage Props'? Priests and Popular Protest in the English Rising of 1381 -- Gender, Politics and Religion in Antiquity: The Challenge of the Reign of Queen Alexandra -- 'Vassal' or 'political player'? Towards a re-assessment of Willibrord's political activity in Merovingian Francia (AD 690-739) -- Control of Knowledge: Documenting Priestly Power -- The Power of the Rabbis: Reading Urban Stories of Late Antiquity -- "Domination through Knowledge": The Sacred Dimension of Bureaucracy in the Oracular Sanctuary of Dodona -- Behind the Scene: Religion at the Service of Politics in Ancient Egypt: Views from Philae Island -- In the Field of Power: Priests and Legitimization -- Power through Pilgrimage: The Making of the Papacy -- A New Political Order in the Late Sixth Century BC Athens Powered by the Delphic Oracle -- Keepers of the Secrets of the Sky, the Earth, and the Underworld: The High Priests of Ptah at Memphis During the Kushite and the Saite-Persian Periods (c. 728−332 BC) -- Conclusion -- Index of Names
• Sommario/riassunto: Religion plays a central role in nearly every aspect in people's life of most pre-modern cultures. Especially the interconnection between religion and politics is a common fact but the details of this relation and interacting processes behind this are not substantially studied. Therefore, this volume does not aim to confirm the linkage of religion and politics in general but to investigate its functionalities in political processes. A focus is placed on the political role of religious personnel beyond their religious and cultic tasks and their influence in pre-modern societies from a cross-cultural perspective. Specialists from various disciplines present their research based on case studies. Thereby this interdisciplinary volume covers a wide geographical and chronological range from ancient Egypt in the Bronze Age until medieval England. These papers are organised according to core functions questioning the instrumentalisation of religious personnel.
• Titolo autorizzato: Power of the Priests
• ISBN: 3-11-067636-2; 3-11-067632-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910838177603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II