The Emperor's Old Clothes

The Emperor's Old Clothes
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 342
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ISBN-10 : 9781782388050
ISBN-13 : 1782388052
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Book Synopsis The Emperor's Old Clothes by : Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger

Download or read book The Emperor's Old Clothes written by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. What determined the rules (and whether they were followed) depended on complex symbolic-ritual actions. By examining key moments in the political history of the Empire, the author shows that it was a vocabulary of symbols, not the actual written laws, that formed a political language indispensable in maintaining the common order.


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