The Royal Remains: The People's Two Bodies and the Endgames of Sovereignty

by EricSantner (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2011

  $33.70

  In early modern Europe, the king's body was literally sovereign. This title demonstrates the ways in which democratic societies have continued many of the rituals and practices associated with kingship in displaced, distorted, and, usually, unrecognizable forms.

• New

  Hardcover
  2011

  $115.57

  In early modern Europe, the king's body was literally sovereign. This title demonstrates the ways in which democratic societies have continued many of the rituals and practices associated with kingship in displaced, distorted, and, usually, unrecognizable forms.