The Diverging Legacies of Classical Empires in China and Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12416873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wim Blockmans (corresponding author), Hilde De Weerdt (0000-0002-9670-674X) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 306-324 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798715000654 |
| OpenAlex | W2336468314 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
The memory of classical empires has been prominent in both Chinese and European history but it has had a different imprint in each culture. The Han territories were periodically reunified in part and were more consistently ruled as unified empires from the 13th century onwards. In medieval Western Europe the Carolingian and the Holy Roman empires boasted of being renewals of the glorious ancient models but they developed in a different environment, were no longer built on the Roman scale, and only borrowed selectively from the Roman repertoire. In this essay we examine how differences in power relationships, fiscal regimes, and territoriality help explain both the peripheral impact of the classical model in the European context and the enhanced prospects for it in Chinese history from the 12th century onwards
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| Citations per year | 0.63 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |