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The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Language of the Holy Roman Empire

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The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Language of the Holy Roman Empire - Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara
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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 ...

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The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Language of the Holy Roman Empire 2020, Berghahn Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781789207989

Trade paperback

The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Language of the Holy Roman Empire 2015, Berghahn Books, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781782388050

Hardcover