Robes and honor
the medieval world of investiture
by Gordon, Stewart and Stewart Gordon
"Robes and Honor is a exploration of the possible common origin and subsequent developments of investiture across medieval Christianity and medieval Islam. The ceremony in all of its cultural variety was much more than the public adoption of a high-value textile as symbol of office; with in a culture, robing established a personal link "from the hand" of the giver - king, pope, head of a sect, ambassador - to the receiver - noble, general, official, nun, or acolyte.
This volume challenges current thinking on religious and regional boundaries of "cultures," raises semiotic issues about imagined communities, and addresses problems of kingship."--BOOK JACKET.
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Social aspects, Clothing and dress, History, Medieval Rites and ceremonies, Investiture, Dress And Costume, History - General History, History: World, Customs & Traditions, Medieval, Costume, History / Medieval, Social Science-Customs & Traditions, Historiography, Medieval, 500-1500, Rites and ceremonies, Medieval, Costume, history, Rites and ceremoniesTimes
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Robes and honor: the medieval world of investiture
2001, Palgrave
in English
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0312212305 9780312212308
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Robes and Honor: The Medieval World of Investiture (The New Middle Ages)
February 3, 2001, Palgrave Macmillan
Hardcover
in English
- 1st ed edition
0312212305 9780312212308
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