| Autore |
Kubisch Sabine
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Berlin/Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2023
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (330 pages)
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| Disciplina |
322.109
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
KlinkottHilmar
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| Soggetto topico |
HISTORY / Medieval
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| Soggetto non controllato |
Brahmans
oracles
priests
ruler legitimacy
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| ISBN |
3-11-067632-X
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| 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
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838177603321 |
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Power of the Priests : Political Use of Religious Knowledge
