Die Macht des Herrschers

Personale und transpersonale Aspekte

Contributions by John Baines Contributions by Matthias Becher Contributions by Martin Clauss Contributions by Stefan Esders Contributions by Beate Kellner Contributions by Stacy S. Klein Contributions by Shigekazu Kondo Contributions by Kai Nonnenmacher Contributions by Seraina Plotke Contributions by Karl-Siegbert Rehberg Contributions by Annette Schmiedchen Contributions by Cornelia Soldat Contributions by Mechthild Albert Contributions by Elke Brüggen Contributions by Konrad Klaus Edited by Mechthild Albert Edited by Elke Brüggen Edited by Konrad Klaus

Book cover: Die Macht des Herrschers

Extent: 371 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Macht und Herrschaft

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(December 2019)

ISBN: 9783847110743

6.34 x 9.25 inches

Price: $74.00

In stock

Auch in vormoderner Zeit ist Herrschaft keineswegs einseitig personal gepragt, sondern erweist sich bei genauer Betrachtung in aller Regel als ein Gemenge von personalen und transpersonalen Elementen.


The contributions to this volume, which are based on numerous case studies from Asia, Egypt, and Europe, aim to overcome the rigorous opposition of personality and transpersonality and thus the postulate of a pre-modern rulership that has been considered to hinge almost exclusively on the ruler’s person by emphasizing the coexistence and concurrency of pre-modern rulership’s personal and transpersonal elements. Moreover, they discuss the ideas, values and norms which determined the respective contemporary models of the ?good’ ruler and formed the basis for the concrete exercise of rule. As a third issue, they also focus on the interaction of the ruler with the elites, whereby processes of consensus-building and legitimization of the ruler’s power, as well as the dynamics of their questioning and loss, become tangible.

  • Contributions by John Baines
  • Contributions by Matthias Becher
  • Contributions by Martin Clauss
  • Contributions by Stefan Esders
  • Contributions by Beate Kellner
  • Contributions by Stacy S. Klein
  • Contributions by Shigekazu Kondō
  • Contributions by Kai Nonnenmacher
  • Contributions by Seraina Plotke
  • Contributions by Karl-Siegbert Rehberg
  • Contributions by Annette Schmiedchen
  • Contributions by Cornelia Soldat
  • Contributions by Mechthild Albert
  • Contributions by Elke Brüggen
  • Contributions by Konrad Klaus
  • Edited by Mechthild Albert
  • Edited by Elke Brüggen
  • Edited by Konrad Klaus