{"product_id":"the-emperors-old-clothes-constitutional-history-and-the-symbolic-language-of-the-holy-roman-empire-paperback","title":"The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Language of the Holy Roman Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Stollberg-Rilinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. What determined the rules (and whether they were followed) depended on complex symbolic-ritual actions. By examining key moments in the political history of the Empire, the author shows that it was a vocabulary of symbols, not the actual written laws, that formed a political language indispensable in maintaining the common order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Stollberg-Rilinger\u003c\/strong\u003e is rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin\/Institute for Advanced Study and Professor of Early Modern History at the University of M?ster. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eDas Heilige Rische Reich Deutscher Nation: Vom Ende des Mittelalters bis 1806\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), \u003cem\u003eEuropa im Jahrhundert der Aufkl舐ung\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), and \u003cem\u003eRituale\u003c\/em\u003e (2013). Her most recent book is \u003cem\u003eMaria Theresia: Die Kaiserin in ihrer Zeit. Eine Biographie\u003c\/em\u003e (C.H. Beck, Munich 2017); forthcoming English translation: \u003cem\u003eMaria Theresa: The Empress in Her Time. A Biography \u003c\/em\u003e(Princeton University Press, 2020). In 2005 she received the prestigious Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation, in 2003 the Prize of the Historical Collegium of the Bavarian Academy of Science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47406638563506,"sku":"9781789207989","price":59.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1bcf2fb0076bff95dc4099cb36a6d861.webp?v=1778205278","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-emperors-old-clothes-constitutional-history-and-the-symbolic-language-of-the-holy-roman-empire-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}