Description: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA) presents ... Begging Pardon and Favor: Ritual and Political Order in Early Medieval France ISBN:0801423694 Author:Koziol, Geoffrey Publisher:Cornell University Press Release Date:1992 Jacket Condition:Very Good Seller Category:History Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Excellent Media:Hardcover Notes: In reconstructing and interpreting rituals of supplication, Geoffrey Koziol here uncovers the dense meanings of these most commonplace of all early medieval rituals. The author casts a wide net, comparing these rituals in several regions of northern and western France to illuminate the complex changes in social relations and political power in the tenth and eleventh centuries.In medieval cultures, "supplication" was simply the act of prayer, an act that required a distinctive language of entreaty accompanied gestures of humility, such as kneeling and prostration. Koziol shows that in tenth- and eleventh-century France, prayer was an act of political honor as well as religious devotion, since the language and gestures of prayer were used to address not only God but also earthly lords who claimed to rule "by the grace of God."Making subtle use of ethnological studies and using a remarkable range of sources, Koziol demonstrates that supplication accurately reflected the complexities and paradoxes in contemporary attitudes toward friendship, enmity, and political authority. And in documenting their regional variations, he shows that the rituals of supplication, far from being routinized gestures insensitive to context, remained culturally meaningful by adapting to the realities of different political and social communities. Original and richly interdisciplinary, Begging Pardon and Favor is a major contribution to our understanding of medieval political and religious culture.Publisher's cloth. Illustrated. xxiii, 459pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Book Title: Begging Pardon and Favor : Ritual and Political Order in Early Medieval France
Number of Pages: 488 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Topic: Constitutional, Europe / France, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Europe / Medieval, Prayer
Publication Year: 1992
Item Height: 1.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Law, Religion, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Geoffrey koziol
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
