The Key to Power? The Culture of Access in Princely Courts, 1400-1750

Sebastiaan Derks; Dries Raeymaekers

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The Key to Power? The Culture of Access in Princely Courts, 1400-1750

Sebastiaan Derks (Redacteur), Dries Raeymaekers (Redacteur)

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Proximity to the monarch was a vital asset in the struggle for power and influence in medieval and early modern courts. The concept of ‘access to the ruler’ has therefore grown into a dominant theme in scholarship on pre-modern dynasties. Still, many questions remain concerning the mechanisms of access and their impact on politics. Bringing together new research on European and Asian cases, the ten chapters in this volume focus on the ways in which ‘access’ was articulated, regulated, negotiated, and performed. By taking into account the full complexity of hierarchies, ceremonial rites, spaces and artefacts that characterized the dynastic court, The Key to Power? forces us to rethink power relations in the late medieval and early modern world.

Originele taal-2	Engels
Plaats van productie	Leiden-Boston, MA
Uitgeverij	Brill
Aantal pagina's	352
ISBN van elektronische versie	9789004304246
ISBN van geprinte versie	9789004274839
DOI's	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004304246
Status	Gepubliceerd - 2016

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Naam	Rulers & Elites. Comparative Studies in Governance
Uitgeverij	Brill
Volume	8
ISSN van geprinte versie	2211-4610

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Reviewed by Jonathan Dewald: Renaissance Quarterly 70:3 (2017): 1094-1095

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Introduction: Repertoires of Access in Princely Courts
Derks, S. & Raeymaekers, D., 2016, The Key to Power? The Culture of Access in Princely Courts, 1400-1750. Raeymaekers, D. & Derks, S. (redactie). Leiden-Boston, MA: Brill, blz. 1-15 15 blz. (Rulers & Elites. Comparative Studies in Governance; vol. 8).
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