Robes and Honor

Informationen zum Autor Stewart Gordon is a Research Scientist at the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies Center, University of Michigan. Klappentext Robes and Honor is a fascinating 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; within 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. Zusammenfassung Robes and Honor is a fascinating 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; within 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.

Product details

• Authors: Stewart Gordon
• Assisted by: Gordon (Editor), S Gordon (Editor), S. Gordon (Editor), Stewart Gordon (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2000
• EAN: 9780312212308
• ISBN: 978-0-312-21230-8
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 225 mm x 30 mm
• Series: The New Middle Ages; Springer Palgrave Macmillan; The New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; B, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Christianity, Historiography, Ancient History, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Palgrave History Collection, Historiography and Method, History, Ancient, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages, History of Ancient Europe, Christianity;culture;empire;France;Ritual;Tradition