{"product_id":"courts-and-elites-in-the-rolf-strootman-9781474474801","title":"Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires: The Near East After the Achaemenids, C. 330 to 30 Bce","description":"\u003cp\u003eRolf Strootman brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. During the Hellenistic Period (\u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e. 330-30 BCE), Alexander the Great and his successors reshaped their Persian and Greco-Macedonian legacies to create a new kind of rulership that was neither 'western' nor 'eastern' and would profoundly influence the later development of court culture and monarchy in both the Roman West and Iranian East.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on the socio-political models of Norbert Elias and Charles Tilly, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Achaemenids\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in the integration of local elites in the empires, and the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status. It analyses the competition among courtiers for royal favour and the, not always successful, attempts of the Hellenistic rulers to use these struggles to their own advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt demonstrates the interrelationships of the three competing 'Hellenistic' empires of the Seleukids, Antigonids and Ptolemies, casts new light on the phenomenon of Hellenistic Kingship by approaching it from the angle of the court and covers topics such as palace architecture, royal women, court ceremonial, and coronation ritual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rolf Strootman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474474802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474474801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Rolf Strootman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057488425215,"sku":"9781474474801","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a78394cf-9c89-4c65-b96c-930191a3f5f3.jpg?v=1685047277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/courts-and-elites-in-the-rolf-strootman-9781474474801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}