The Ceremonial of Audience
Transcultural Approaches
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The Ceremonial of Audience
Transcultural Approaches
About this book
Audiences are among the dominant elements of courtly life and may be referred to as a central aspect of representation of power in many societies. Audiences also served as a stage for negotiation and political decision-making. Beyond that, the ceremonial of audience acted as an integrative factor, strengthening the connections between the ruler and his subjects, the Ă©lite and his dynastic background. It thus reflects the structure, or at least the intended structure of rule, and allows us to get insight into the perception of the ruler in the respective society. This volume offers an approach to forms and structures of audiences in different epochs and regions. Choosing a transcultural and diachronic perspective, it aims at delineating similarities and differences as well as possible lines of development of the ceremonial on a broad basis of case studies.Audienzen gehören zu den prĂ€genden Bestandteilen höfischen Lebens und können als zentraler Aspekt der HerrschaftsreprĂ€sentation bezeichnet werden. Sie dienten aber nicht nur der ReprĂ€sentation, sondern waren auch Ort von Verhandlung und politischer Entscheidung. Hinzu trat die integrative Funktion der Audienz: Durch den Vollzug des Zeremoniells wurde auch die Verbindung des Herrschers zu seinen Untertanen, Vertrauten und zu seiner Dynastie dargestellt und gefestigt. Das Zeremoniell der Audienz spiegelt somit das (intendierte) GefĂŒge der Herrschaft, und lĂ€sst RĂŒckschlĂŒsse auf das Herrscherbild der jeweiligen Gesellschaft zu. Der Sammelband behandelt Formen und Strukturen des Audienz-Zeremoniells in transkultureller und diachroner Perspektive, in dem Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede, sowie Entwicklungslinien des Audienz-Zeremoniells auf einer breiten Basis von Fallbeispielen. Dazu versammelt er BeitrĂ€ge zu unterschiedlichen Teilaspekten des Audienz-Zeremoniells in vormodernen Gesellschaften Europas, Asiens und des nördlichen Afrikas.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Body
- Series Editors' Preface
- Eva Orthmann / Anna Kollatz: Introduction
- Alexander PruĂ: Robes of honor and blindfolded petitioners. Audiences in the Ancient Near East
- Alexander Beihammer: Ceremonies and court rituals in Byzantine Imperial Audiences in the time of the First Crusade
- Dittmar Dahlmann: âNot much was eaten, but they were rowdy drinkers.â Reports by foreigners on receptions and audiences at the Tsar's Court in the 16th and 17th centuries
- Eva Orthmann: âIt was a day of great splendor.â Audiences at the Ghaznavid court
- Anna Kollatz: Where is Ëthe audience'? Who is Ëthe audience'? Approaching Mughal spaces of social interaction
- Ebba Koch: The Mughal audience hall. A Solomonic revival of Persepolis in the form of a mosque
- Hedda Reindl-Kiel: Audiences, banquets, garments and kisses. Encounters with the Ottoman Sultan in the 17th century
- List of contributors