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“…The contributions discuss: Mesopotamian kings who cast themselves as divine representatives in art; the relationships between the 'king of men' and 'king of beasts' - the lion; Akhenaten's visual conception of a divine king without hybrid attributes; the royal image as guiding movements of visitors in the palace of Nimrud; continuities in the functions and representation of Neo-Assyrian eunuchs that survived in the Achaemenid, Sasanian, Byzantine and Islamic courts; the triumphal arch of the emperor Titus and its reflections in Christian Constantinople; patterns of authority and royal legitimacy in 3rd century AD Palmyra and Rome; the use of the Biblical past in the construction of kingship in 12th century Crusader Jerusalem; and the use of 'the power of images' by Islamic rulers, adopting visuals of thrones and throne-rooms despite Islamic opposition to the figurative portrayal of kings…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Zur Semantik eines Königsrituals in der Frühen Neuzeit / Princes, Emperors, Kings and Investiture in the Festive Culture of Flanders (Fifteenth-Sixteenth Century) / III. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reflections on Alfred, Asser and the Power of Memory in the West Saxon Landscape / Wessex and the Reign of Edmund ii Ironside / Rulers and Religious Affiliations / Alcuin’s Letters Sent from Francia to Anglo-Saxon and Frankish Women Religious / The Role of Mercian Kings in the Founding of Minsters in the Kingdom of the Hwicce / Beyond the Billingas: From Lay Wealth to Monastic Wealth on the Lincolnshire Fen-Edge / Mynsters and Parishes: Some Evidence and Conclusions from Wiltshire / The Anglo-Saxon Chapel of St Helen at Malmesbury / St Wærburh: The Multiple Identities of a Regional Saint / The Godwins, Towns and St Olaf Churches: Comital Investment in the Mid-11th Century / Anglo-Saxon England Beyond 1066 / William the Conqueror and Wessex / Sanctity and Suffering: The Sacred World of the Medieval Leprosarium. …”

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“…The madness of king George…”