Abstract: List of illustrations Notes on contributors 1. Introduction J. G. Peristiany and Julian Pitt-Rivers 2. Royalty and ritual in the Middle Ages: coronation and funerary rites in France Catherine Lafages 3. The court surrounds the King: Louis XIV, the Palatine Princess, and Saint-Simon Emmanuel Leroy Ladurie 4. Rites as acts of institution Pierre Bourdieu 5. Religion, world views, social classes, and honor during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain Julio Caro Baroja 6. The Sophron - a secular saint? Wisdom and the wise in a Cypriot community J. G. Peristiany 7. The Greek hero J. K. Campbell 8. Name, blood, and miracles: the claims to renown in traditional Sicily Maria Pia Di Bella 9. From the death of men to the peace of God: violence and peace-making in the Rif Raymond Jamous 10. Indarra: some reflections on a Basque concept Sandra Ott 11. Postscript: the place of grace in anthropology Julian Pitt-Rivers Index.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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