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... kingship was buttressed by association with the divine , and on the other hand , the priest- hood was frequently a political as well as a strictly social power . It is well known that the rulers of Mesopotamia and Egypt were associated ...
... kingship was buttressed by association with the divine , and on the other hand , the priest- hood was frequently a political as well as a strictly social power . It is well known that the rulers of Mesopotamia and Egypt were associated ...
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... kingship and its trans- formation into an additional creative force in early medieval society . But while the papacy and Germanic kingship were ultimately to provide the most dramatic and effective direction to the people of western ...
... kingship and its trans- formation into an additional creative force in early medieval society . But while the papacy and Germanic kingship were ultimately to provide the most dramatic and effective direction to the people of western ...
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... kingship , for it involved the introduction of the idea of theocratic monarchy into western Europe . There is evidence that the seventh - century Spanish bishops experimented with a similar ideology and ceremony in an attempt to give ...
... kingship , for it involved the introduction of the idea of theocratic monarchy into western Europe . There is evidence that the seventh - century Spanish bishops experimented with a similar ideology and ceremony in an attempt to give ...
Contents
Introduction THE SCOPE OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY I | 1 |
PART ONE THE ROMAN DESTINY | 15 |
Chapter Two THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE AND | 31 |
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