The dynastic centre and the provinces : agents and interactions / edited by Jeroen Duindam and Sabine Dabringhaus

• HerausgeberIn: Duindam, Jeroen 1962-; Dabringhaus, Sabine 1962-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : Brill, [2014]
• Language: English
• Series: Rulers & elites : comparative studies in governance volume 5
• Physical Description: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 242 Seiten); Illustrationen, Karten

"Maintaining the connections between the dynastic court and the provinces was a major challenge for pre-modern governments. The allegiance of governors shifted easily from the centre to the provinces. Ritual and festive occasions, equally important to generate cohesion, were rarely shaped wholl...

Table of Contents

• Introduction / Jeroen Duindam
• Part 1. Agents
• The imperial viceroy : reflections on an historical type / Jurgen Osterhammel
• Devolution from the centre to the periphery : an overview of Ottoman provincial administration / I. Metin Kunt
• Broken passage to the summit : Nayancheng's botched mission in the White Lotus War / Yingcong Dai
• Routine promotions : Li Hu and the dusty byways of empire / R. Kent Guy
• Ceremonial demarcations : the viceregal court as space of political communication in the Spanish monarchy (Valencia, Naples, and Mexico, 1621-1635) / Christian Buschges
• The Ambans of Tibet-imperial rule at the Inner Asian periphery / Sabine Dabringhaus
• Part 2. Interactions
• Remonstrating against royal extravagance in imperial China / Patricia Ebrey
• 'True and historical descriptions' : European festivals and the printed record / Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly
• Ceremonial entries and the confirmation of urban privileges in France, c. 1350-1550 / Neil Murphy
• 'Willingly we follow a gentle leader ... ' : joyous entries into Antwerp / Margit Thofner
• Historical narratives of the Kangxi emperor's inaugural visit to Suzhou, 1684 / Michael G. Chang
• Towards a comparative understanding of rulership : discourses, practices, patterns / Jeroen Duindam.