Rez.: Muylkens, Michaela: Reges geminati. Die „Gegenkönige“ in der Zeit Heinrichs IV. (Hist. Studien 501), Husum 2012, in: MIÖG 2013.pdf (original) (raw)

Herrscher und Eliten in der Spätantike, in: H. Börm - J. Wiesehöfer (eds.), Commutatio et contentio. Studies in the Late Roman, Sasanian, and Early Islamic Near East, Düsseldorf: Wellem 2010, pp. 159ff.

Commutatio Et Contentio: Studies in the Late Roman, …, 2010

In this paper I examine the relations between rulers and elites in the Late Roman and Sasanian Empires, trying to demonstrate that there were a number of structural parallels. Both Emperor and Great King always had to struggle to keep the powerful magnates under control, and they used similar methods to achieve this goal.

Confessional Alliances

Historisches Jahrbuch, 2019

Confessional Alliances. On the Handling of Sectarian Threat Scenarios in the Age of Louis XIV. Using examples, the essay reconstructs the stances that were adopted by political protagonists during the age of Louis XIV in regard to confessional alliances. Catholics and Protestants reacted to sectarian threat scenarios and forged alliances to establish denominational security. The feeling of being threatened substantially influenced the political decision-making process - and for that reason it could be manipulated to advance one's own political aims. This is shown in particular by French diplomacy prior to the Nine Year's War, when the opponents of Louis XIV accused him of such manipulation of religious motivations. As a result, a great interdenominational alliance against France was forged. Yet even interdenominational alliances were not a sign that international relations were being secularized. They did, however, lead to the establishment of denominational security.

Götter - Herrscher - Amtsinhaber. Beispiele zu Genealogie als Denkform im Alten Ägypten

Zusammenfassung Im Verlauf der altägyptischen Geschichte war Genealogie ein wichtiges Mittel, um die Vergangenheit zu strukturieren und zu bewerten. Königliche Genealogien dienten als Instrument der Zeitmessung und ermöglichten es, Könige als Nachfahren der Götter darzu-stellen. Durch ihren selektiven und normativen Charakter waren königliche Genealogien dazu geeignet, die kollektive Erinnerung und das historische Wissen zu konstruieren. Dies fand vor allem im Tempelbereich und bei öffentlichen Feiern der Ramessiden-Zeit statt. Vergleichbare Herrscherfolgen wurden in den privaten Grabbereich übernommen, um das Fortleben des Verstorbenen im Jenseits sicherzustellen. Längere private Genealogien sind allerdings erst seit dem . Jahrtausend v. Chr. belegt. Königliche wie private Genealogien dienten dem Zweck der Legitimation. Throughout the Ancient Egyptian history, genealogy was an important tool for structuring and validating the past. Royal genealogies were established as a means of measuring time and relating kingship to the gods as predecessors. In their selective and normative form, royal genealogies were means of constructing the collective memory and historical knowledge. These constructions were primarily mobilised within temple decoration and public feasts of the Ramesside period. Similar groupings of kings were also taken over and adapted in private tombs as means of sustaining the deceased's further existence in the aerlife. Longer private genealogies are, however, attested only from the st millennium onwards. Both royal and private genealogies served as arguments of legitimation.