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"Discussing monarchies throughout Europe, from Britain to Russia, Monod tells how sixteenth-century kings and queens were thought to heal the sick with a touch, were mediators between divine authority and the Christian self in quasi-religious ceremonies, and were seen as ideal mirrors of human identity. By 1715, the sacred authority of the monarchy had been supplanted by an ideology fusing internal moral responsibility with external obedience to an abstract political authority.

Subjects were expected to identify not with a sacred king but with the natural person of the ruler. No longer divine, the kings and queens of the Enlightenment took up a new, more human place in the hearts and minds of their subjects."--BOOK JACKET.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
417

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Subjects
Christianity, History, Kings and rulers, Politics and government, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Kings and rulers, Europe, kings and rulers, Europe, religion, Rois et souverains, Aspect religieux, Christianisme, Histoire, Politique et gouvernement, 15.70 history of Europe, Koningschap, Monarchie, Godsdienst, Het heilige, Religion, König, Politische Ideen, Christentum, Geschichte
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Europe
Times
1517-1648, 1648-1715, History

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Table of Contents

Introduction
The sickness of the royal body, 1589-1610
The theatre of royal virtue, 1610-1637
No king but King Jesus, 1637-1660
The sign of the artificial man, 1660-1690
The state remains, 1690-1715
Conclusion.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-406) and index.

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BR115.K55 M66 1999, BR115.K55M66 1999

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x, 417 p. :
Number of pages
417

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OL15470614M
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0300078102
LCCN
99017815
OCLC/WorldCat
40693910
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1566777
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3512297

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