Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires: The Near East After the Achaemenids, C. 330 to 30 Bce - Couverture souple

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Strootman, Rolf

 
9781474474801: Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires: The Near East After the Achaemenids, C. 330 to 30 Bce
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ISBN 10 : 1474474802 ISBN 13 : 9781474474801
Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

The first complete study of royal courts in the post-Achaemenid Near East. Rolf Strootman brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. During the Hellenistic Period (c. 330-30 BCE), Alexander the Great and his successors reshaped their Persian and Greco-Macedonian legacies to create a new kind of rulership that was neither 'western' nor 'eastern' and would profoundly influence the later development of court culture and monarchy in both the Roman West and Iranian East.

Drawing on the socio-political models of Norbert Elias and Charles Tilly, After the Achaemenids shows how the Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in the integration of local elites in the empires, and the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status. It analyses the competition among courtiers for royal favour and the, not always successful, attempts of the Hellenistic rulers to use these struggles to their own advantage. Demonstrates the interrelationships of the three competing 'Hellenistic' empires of the Seleukids, Antigonids and Ptolemies. Casts new light on the phenomenon of Hellenistic Kingship by approaching it from the angle of the court. Covers topics such as palace architecture, royal women, court ceremonial, and coronation ritual.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rolf Strootman graduated in ancient history and archaeology at the University of Leiden. In 2007 he received his PhD for a study of court culture in the Hellenistic period. He is currently a lecturer at the History Department of the University of Utrecht. His research and teaching focus on empire, monarchical ritual and cultural encounters in the Near East, Iran and Central Asia, and on modern western perceptions of the Middle East.

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Éditeur
Edinburgh University Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1474474802
ISBN 13 
9781474474801
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
344
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9780748691265: Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires: The Near East After the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 BCE

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ISBN 10 :  074869126X ISBN 13 :  9780748691265
Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2014
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