Ancient Egyptian kingship
Lectures in the year 2011-2012
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4950221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janis Baines (0000-0003-4543-9909, École Pratique des Hautes Études, corresponding author), John Baines (École pratique des hautes études – Section des sciences religieuses, Université d’Oxford, Grande-Bretagne) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Pages | 103-108 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annuaire - Ecole pratique des hautes études, Section des sciences religieuses/Annuaire (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0183-7478 • E-ISSN: 1969-6329 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/asr.1226 |
| OpenAlex | W67316617 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The aim of this course was to review the study of Egyptian kingship as the central institution of society and cosmos, with a focus on how the king related to court institutions surrounding him, as well as how his role in relation to the gods was projected and is now interpreted. The presentation was partly chronological, with the first lecture considering origins and the last surveying the institution in the long term. The nearly four millennia from which kingship is attested can only be sampled. Much of the evidence treated was iconographic rather than textual. One aim was to bring out the importance of visual forms for the performance, display, and meaning of kingship, in a mode that probably spoke more eloquently to many people than texts did. Another focus was the sophistication of the sources (The course was delivered in French ; the French titles of the lectures are retained here
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Epistemology · Institution · Literature · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Sophistication · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |