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This is the first book volume ever to study the ‘difficult’ subject of congenital, intellectual disability in the ancient world. The contributions cover the Ancient Near East, Egypt and the Graeco-Roman world, up to the late ancient period, China, the rabbinic tradition, Byzantium, the Islamic world, and the Middle Ages in the Latin West. The engaging and thought-provoking chapters combine careful textual analysis with attention to the material evidence and comparative perspectives, not the least those offered by disability history for recent periods in history.

Ancient history --- Ancient history: to c 500 CE. --- Antike. --- HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- HISTORY / Social History. --- Social & cultural history. --- Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte. --- Alte Welt. --- Ancient World.

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Monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient world. This volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's court. The monarchies treated are Achaemenid and Sassanian Persia, the empire of Alexander, Rome under both the early and later Caesars, the Han rulers of China and Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty. A comparative approach is adopted to major aspects of ancient courts, including their organisation and physical setting, their role as a vehicle for display, and their place in monarchial structures of power and control. This approach is broadly inspired by work on courts in later periods of history, especially early-modern France. The case studies confirm that ancient monarchies created the conditions for the emergence of a court and court society. The culturally specific conditions in which these monarchies functioned meant variety in the character of the ruler's court from one society to another.

Courts and courtiers. --- Hofcultuur. --- Höfische Kultur. --- Kings and rulers, Ancient. --- Monarchie. --- Monarchy. --- Oudheid. --- Alte Welt. --- Courts and courtiers --- Kings and rulers, Ancient --- Monarchy --- Kingdom (Monarchy) --- Executive power --- Political science --- Royalists --- Ancient kings and rulers --- Court and courtiers --- Courtiers --- Kings and rulers --- Manners and customs --- Favorites, Royal --- Queens --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Cour et courtisans --- Monarchie --- Rois et souverains --- Antiquité --- Antiquité