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The Journey Of The Magi

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Author : Richard C. Trexler
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14

The Journey Of The Magi written by Richard C. Trexler and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Religion categories.

Matthew's Gospel reveals little about the three wealthy visitors said to have presented gifts to the infant Jesus. Yet hundreds of generations of Christians have embellished that image of the Three Kings or Magi for a myriad of social and political as well as spiritual purposes. Here Richard Trexler closely examines how this story has been interpreted and used throughout the centuries. Biblically, the Journey of the Magi presents a positive image of worldly power, depicting the faithful in progress toward their God and conveying the importance of the gift-giving laity as legitimators of their deity. With this in mind, Trexler explains in particular how Western societies have molded the story to describe and augment their own power--before the infant God and among themselves. The author demonstrates how the magi as a group functioned in Christian society. For example, magi plays, processions, and images taught people how to pray and behave in reverential contexts; they featured monarchs and heads of republics who enacted the roles of the magi to legitimate their rule; and they constrained native Americans to fall in line behind the magi to instill in them loyalty toward the European world order. However, Trexler also shows these philosopher-kings as competitive among each other, as were groups of different ages, races, and genders in society at large. Originally modeled on representations of the Roman triumphs, the magi have reached the present day as street children wearing crowns of cardboard, proving again the universality of the image for constructing, reinforcing, and even challenging a social hierarchy. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Rolls Series

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Author : Great Britain. Public Record Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883

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Spain And Portugal

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Author : Karl Baedeker (Firm)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

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Thirty Four Maps

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Author : Brazil
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894

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Michelangelo Selected Scholarship In English Life And Early Works

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Author : William E. Wallace
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1995

Michelangelo Selected Scholarship In English Life And Early Works written by William E. Wallace and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Art categories.

The volume begins with overviews of Michelangelo's life and work and contains more focused essays on the artist's political thought and his chief biographers, Ascanio Condivi and Giorgio Vasari. Other articles survey Michelangelo's early career and principal works, including the Rome "Piet," the "David, " the "Doni Tondo," and his commission to paint the "Battle of Cascina" in competition with Leonardo da Vinci.

Corpo Del Re

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Author : Sergio Bertelli
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2001

Corpo Del Re written by Sergio Bertelli and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.

The King's Body offers a unique and up-to-date overview of a central theme in European history: the nature and meaning of the sacred rituals of kingship. Informed by the work of recent cultural anthropologists, Sergio Bertelli explores the cult of kingship, which pervaded the lives of hundreds of thousands of subjects, poor and rich, noble and cleric. His analysis takes in a wide spectrum, from the Vandal kings of Spain and the long-haired kings of France, to the beheaded kings of England and France, Charles I and Louis XVI. Bertelli explores the multiple meanings of the rites related to the king's body, from his birth (with the exhibition of his masculinity) to the crowning (a rebirth) to his death (a triumph and an apotheosis). We see how particular occasions such as entrances, processions, and banquets make sense only as they related directly to the king's body. Bertelli also singles out crowd-participatory aspects of sacred kingship, including the rites of violence connected with the interregnum (perceived as a suspension of the law) and the rites of expulsion for a tyrant's body, emphasizing the inversion of crowning rituals. First published in Italy in 1990, The King's Body has been revised and updated for English-speaking readers and expertly translated from the Italian by R. Burr Litchfield. Deftly argued and amply illustrated, this book is a perfect introduction to the cult of kingship in the West; at the same time, it illuminates for modern readers how strangely different the medieval and early modern world was from our own.

Catalogue Of Printed Books

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

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Collectio Confessionum In Ecclesiis Reformatis Publicatarum

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Author : Hermann Agathon Niemeyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1840

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Bradshaw S Illustrated Hand Book To Italy

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Author : George Bradshaw
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865

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Renaissance Florence Updated Edition

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Author : Gene Brucker
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1983-04-08

Renaissance Florence Updated Edition written by Gene Brucker and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-04-08 with History categories.

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the city of Florence experienced the most creative period in her entire history. This book is an in-depth analysis of that dynamic community, focusing primarily on the years 1380-1450 in an examination of the city's physical character, its economic and social structure and developments, its political and religious life, and its cultural achievement. For this edition, Mr. Brucker has added Notes on Florentine Scholarship and a Bibliographical Supplement.