{"product_id":"the-emperors-house-michael-featherstone-9783110331639","title":"The Emperor's House: Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvolving from a patrician \u003cem\u003edomus\u003c\/em\u003e, the emperor's residence on the Palatine became the centre of the state administration. Elaborate ceremonial regulated access to the imperial family, creating a system of privilege which strengthened the centralised power. Constantine followed the same model in his new capital, under a Christian veneer. The divine attributes of the imperial office were refashioned, with the emperor as God's representative. The palace was an imitation of heaven. \u003cbr\u003eFollowing the loss of the empire in the West and the Near East, the Palace in Constantinople was preserved - subject to the transition from Late Antique to Mediaeval conditions - until the Fourth Crusade, attracting the attention of Visgothic, Lombard, Merovingian, Carolingian, Norman and Muslim rulers. Renaissance princes later drew inspiration for their residences directly from ancient ruins and Roman literature, but there was also contact with the Late Byzantine court. Finally, in the age of Absolutism the palace became again an instrument of power in vast centralised states, with renewed interest in Roman and Byzantine ceremonial. \u003cbr\u003eSpanning the broadest chronological and geographical limits of the Roman imperial tradition, from the Principate to the Ottoman empire, the papers in the volume treat various aspects of palace architecture, art and ceremonial. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Featherstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110331632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110331639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.60w x 1.30d","brand":"Michael Featherstone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126346379519,"sku":"9783110331639","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0cefa24-c0a6-4129-a04f-87c5d9007916.jpg?v=1687447655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-emperors-house-michael-featherstone-9783110331639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}