The dynastic centre and the provinces : agents and interactions / edited by Jeroen Duindam and Sabine Dabringhaus. Leiden : Brill, 2014
Content
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Maps
Notes on Editors and Contributors
Introduction
Part One Agents
The Imperial Viceroy: Reflections on an Historical Type
Devolution from the Centre to the Periphery: An Overview of Ottoman Provincial Administration
Broken Passage to the Summit: Nayancheng’s Botched Mission in the White Lotus War
Routine Promotions: Li Hu and the Dusty Byways of Empire
Ceremonial Demarcations. The Viceregal Court as Space of Political Communication in the Spanish Monarchy (Valencia, Naples, and Mexico 1621–1635)
The Ambans of Tibet—Imperial Rule at the Inner Asian Periphery
Part Two Interactions
Remonstrating Against Royal Extravagance in Imperial China
‘True and Historical Descriptions’? European Festivals and the Printed Record
Ceremonial Entries and the Confirmation of Urban Privileges in France, c. 1350–1550
‘Willingly We Follow a Gentle Leader...’: Joyous Entries into Antwerp
Historical Narratives of the Kangxi Emperor’s Inaugural Visit to Suzhou, 1684
Towards a Comparative Understanding of Rulership: Discourses, Practices, Patterns
Index