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Robes and Honor

The Medieval World of Investiture

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Stewart Gordon
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Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. A World of Investiture

    1. A World of Investiture

      • Stewart Gordon
      Pages 1-19

  3. The Beginnings: 100 CE–500 CE

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Silk, Robes, and Relations Between Early Chinese Dynasties and Nomads Beyond the Great Wall

      • Xinru Liu
      Pages 23-34

    3. Sasanian Splendor: The Appurtenances of Royalty

      • Jenny Rose
      Pages 35-56

  5. The Later Middle Ages: CA. 1000 CE–CA. 1500 CE

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Robes of Honor in Fatimid Egypt

      • Paula Sanders
      Pages 225-239

    3. The Mantle of Roger II of Sicily

      • William Tronzo
      Pages 241-253

    4. The Robe of Simplicity: Initiation, Robing, and Veiling of Nuns in the Middle Ages

      • Désirée Koslin
      Pages 255-274

    5. The Sufi Robe (Khirqa) as a Vehicle of Spiritual Authority

      • Jamal J. Elias
      Pages 275-289

    6. The Regal Significance of the Dalmatic: The Robes of Le Sacre as Represented in Sculpture of Northern Mid-Twelfth-Century France

      • Janet Snyder
      Pages 291-304

    7. Robing in the Mongolian Empire

      • Thomas T. Allsen
      Pages 305-313

    8. From Papal Red to Cardinal Purple: Evolution and Change of Robes at the Papal Court from Innocent III to Leo X, 1216–1521

      • Bernard Berthod
      Pages 315-331

    9. Robing and Its Significance in English Mystery Plays

      • Martial Rose
      Pages 333-352
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Robes and Honor is a fascinating exploration of the possible common origin and subsequent developments of investiture across medieval Christianity and medieval Islam. The ceremony in all of its cultural variety was much more than the public adoption of a high-value textile as symbol of office; within a culture, robing established a personal link 'from the hand' of the giver - king, pope, head of a sect, ambassador - to the receiver - noble, general, official, nun, or acolyte. This volume challenges current thinking on religious and regional boundaries of 'cultures,' raises semiotic issues about imagined communities, and addresses problems of kingship.

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