| Series |
The past & present book series
Past & present book series. ^A1333385
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| Contents |
The marriage of 1679 : high ceremonies as multifaceted status interactions -- The affaire des sièges : the anatomy of ceremonial crisis -- The battles of the mantles : ceremonial gear and status conflict -- To wear or not to wear? : Mantled visits in the early eighteenth century -- The duality of service : between honour and humiliation, between primary and secondary functions -- Epistolary ceremonial : manuscript correspondence as unmediated status interaction. |
| Abstract |
Explores the crucial significance ascribed to precedence, apparel, forms of address and other status symbols in the early modern period, when they operated as a key tool for defining identities, relations, and power. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013951732 |
| ISBN | 0199640343 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780199640348 (hardback) |
