Prince, pen, and sword : : Eurasian perspectives / / edited by Maaike van Berkel, Jeroen Duindam.

• Superior document: Rulers & elites : comparative studies in governance, v. 15
• Author: van Berkel, Maaike
• TeilnehmendeR: Berkel, Maaike van.; Duindam, Jeroen Frans Jozef, 1962-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill.; c2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Rulers & Elites 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 654 pages) :; illustrations, mappages.
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright Page --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on Contributors --; Rulers and Elites in Global History: Introductory Observations /; The Court as a Meeting Point: Cohesion, Competition, Control /; Not of This World …? Religious Power and Imperial Rule in Eurasia, circa Thirteenth – circa Eighteenth Century /; The Warband in the Making of Eurasian Empires /; The People of the Pen: Self-Perceptions of Status and Role in the Administration of Empires and Polities /; The Golden Horde, the Spanish Habsburg Monarchy, and the Construction of Ruling Dynasties /; Narratives of Kingship in Fictional Literature /; Prince, Pen, and Sword: Eurasian Perspectives /; Back Matter --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 572-640) and index.
• ISBN: 9004315713
• ISSN: 2211-4610
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Maaike van Berkel, Jeroen Duindam.

Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, function, and self-perceptions of military and administrative elites respectively. Two additional concise chapters provide a focused analysis of the construction of specific dynasties (the Golden Horde and the Habsburgs) and narratives of kingship found in fiction throughout Eurasia. The contributors and editors, authorities in their fields, systematically bring together specialised literature on numerous Eurasian kingdoms and empires. This book is a careful and thought-provoking experiment in the global, comparative and connected history of rulers and elites.