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- catalog abstract ""From antiquity to the eve of the modern era, rulers of Western empires inspired hero worship by proclaiming their divine origins. In this fascinating original study, Marie Tanner presents the history of the emperor's mythic image and its continuing influence on Western political thought. She shows that these pretensions to divinity were based on the Trojan legend and the myth of Rome as developed in Vergil's Aeneid and that later Christian emperors expanded these claims by tracing their lineage not only to the pagan gods but also to the priest-kings of the Old Testament. Through this amalgam of heritages each successive Holy Roman emperor proclaimed that he was the last descendant of Aeneas, destined to yield the terrestrial rule of Rome to Christ and thereby inaugurate millennial peace. By examining a wide range of literary, artistic, and historical sources plus a corpus of new illustrations, Tanner discovers remarkable chains of evidence for this process, one that culminates with the Renaissance Hapsburgs who imbued the holiest symbols of the faith with dynastic meaning as they attempted to consolidate all priestly and secular powers in their grip. On these foundations Philip II of Spain, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the first monarch to rule the four known continents, created a new concept of absolute monarchy that shaped the principles of modern statecraft and determined the dominant form of government in Europe for the next two centuries."--from publisher's Web site.".
- catalog contributor b4077821.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description ""From antiquity to the eve of the modern era, rulers of Western empires inspired hero worship by proclaiming their divine origins. In this fascinating original study, Marie Tanner presents the history of the emperor's mythic image and its continuing influence on Western political thought. She shows that these pretensions to divinity were based on the Trojan legend and the myth of Rome as developed in Vergil's Aeneid and that later Christian emperors expanded these claims by tracing their lineage not only to the pagan gods but also to the priest-kings of the Old Testament. Through this amalgam of heritages each successive Holy Roman emperor proclaimed that he was the last descendant of Aeneas, destined to yield the terrestrial rule of Rome to Christ and thereby inaugurate millennial peace. By examining a wide range of literary, artistic, and historical sources plus a corpus of new illustrations, Tanner discovers remarkable chains of evidence for this process, one that culminates with the Renaissance Hapsburgs who imbued the holiest symbols of the faith with dynastic meaning as they attempted to consolidate all priestly and secular powers in their grip. On these foundations Philip II of Spain, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the first monarch to rule the four known continents, created a new concept of absolute monarchy that shaped the principles of modern statecraft and determined the dominant form of government in Europe for the next two centuries."--from publisher's Web site.".
- catalog description "1. The Trojan and Argonautic legends -- 2. Byzantium and the Christianized Roman myth -- 3. The Frankish Roman empire -- 4. The revival of epic narrative in the late middle ages and the renaissance -- 5. Mythic genealogy -- 6. The legend of the last world emperor -- 7. Philip II of Spain -- 8. The order of the golden fleece -- 9. The escorial -- 10. Fidecrucem: the Hapsburg veneration of the cross -- 11. The Hapsburg cult of the eucharist -- 12. The Regnum Apollonis.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 333 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300054882".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "321/.14 20".
- catalog subject "Emperors History.".
- catalog subject "Habsburg, House of.".
- catalog subject "JC374 .T36 1992".
- catalog subject "Kings and rulers Mythology.".
- catalog subject "Symbolism in art.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Trojan and Argonautic legends -- 2. Byzantium and the Christianized Roman myth -- 3. The Frankish Roman empire -- 4. The revival of epic narrative in the late middle ages and the renaissance -- 5. Mythic genealogy -- 6. The legend of the last world emperor -- 7. Philip II of Spain -- 8. The order of the golden fleece -- 9. The escorial -- 10. Fidecrucem: the Hapsburg veneration of the cross -- 11. The Hapsburg cult of the eucharist -- 12. The Regnum Apollonis.".
- catalog title "The last descendant of Aeneas : the Hapsburgs and the mythic image of the emperor / Marie Tanner.".
- catalog type "text".