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Showing 1 to 20 of 108 for “"kingship"”.
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Piety and Politics in the Kingship of Henry III
… as a king. Indeed, the elevated sense of kingship revealed by a detailed consideration of Henry’s piety only further highlighted his political failings and the difference between his elevated expectations and those of his lay and ecclesiastical subjects. However, this more nuanced picture …
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Rescripting the political romance: Narratives of kingship, tyranny and community
… regulating contemporary understandings of good kingship, tyranny, and community. In their participation in this discourse these romances cross generic boundaries, interacting with textual traditions (including historiography, hagiography, folk tale, and the literature of complaint), inscribing …
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The practice of Irish kingship in the Central Middle Ages
The institution of kingship was a fundamental feature of medieval Irish society; if we can better understand kingship, we can similarly gain a greater appreciation of the distinctive features of that society. This thesis investigates the practices of Irish kings and dynasties in the Central Middle …
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Nala as Nara, Raja, & Yudhisthira: Masculinity, Kingship, & Dharmic Suffering in the Nalopakhyana
In this thesis, I examine the character of King Nala in Book 3 of the Mahabharata by analyzing how his characterizations fit into the epic's overall sociopolitical context. Specifically, I argue that Nala's depictions as a supremely idealized man and king place him squarely within the political …
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King Arthur and King Mark: Aspects of Kingship in Malory's 'Morte D'arthur
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Child Kingship in England, Scotland, France, and Germany, c.1050 - c.1250
… aims to uncover a more human aspect to medieval kingship by combining social aspects of childhood and gender studies with a political and legal approach to the study of the nature of rulership and royal administrative practices. Part I provides vital context of how royal fathers prepared their …
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Court politics and the kingship of James VI & I, c. 1615-c. 1622
… court, reassesses James VI & I's practice of kingship in England during the period of George Villiers's rise as royal favourite (c. 1615-c. 1622). In the first chapter, a new account of James's thinking on the nature and duties of kingship is presented. The practical significance of these …
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"within the hollow crown": Performing Kingship in Richard II and Henry IV Part One
… with father figures, their understandings of kingship, and their divided performances of their roles – are highlighted in performance.</p>
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The Rise and Rites of Tantric Kingship in the Sāmrājyalakṣmīpīṭhikā, a Hybrid Nibandha from Vijayanagara
… and historians as an encyclopaedic work on kingship from the Vijayanagara period. The work is, however, catalogued as a Tantric text, probably owing to its title (which includes the name of a Tantric goddess), literary form, colophon and the majority of the contents of the first half of the …
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Moses, David and the High Kingship of Yahweh: A Canonical Study of Book IV of the Psalter
… in response to the rise and fall of Davidic kingship charted in Books I-III. Thus, as a result, this work seeks to outline Book IV’s role in the message of the Psalter and, thereby, add to the ongoing conversation within psalms studies regarding the organisation of the Psalter.
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Christus Regnat: Inauguration and images of kingship in England, France and the Empire c.1050-c.1250
… a move away from the ‘biblical’ or ‘liturgical’ kingship of the early Middle Ages towards ‘administrative’ or ‘law-centred’ interpretations of rulership. By taking an interdisciplinary and transnational approach, and by bringing together types of source material that have traditionally been …
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The Nature of David's Kingship at Hebron: An Exegetical and Theological Study of 2 Samuel 2:1-5:5
… a better understanding of the nature of David’s kingship as it is presented in this literary unit. The review of scholarly literature on 2 Samuel 2:1—5:5 conducted in Chapter 1 reveals that not much attention has been given to a careful and in-depth exegesis of this literary unit. Instead, most …
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