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Article: Rituals of Royalty: Power and Ceremonial in Traditional Societies.
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 1993
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These are works that are not completely at either end of the same spectrum. In their way they are attempting to address the same questions: why have monarchies arisen, and why have certain ceremonies connected with them developed?
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