TY - BOOK ED - Scholl, Christian ED - Gebhardt, Torben R ED - Clauß, Jan AB - During the Middle Ages, rulers from different regions aspired to an idea of imperial hegemony. On the other hand, there were rulers who deliberately refused to be «emperors», although their reign showed characteristics of imperial rule. The contributions in this volume ask for the reasons why some rulers such as Charlemagne strove for imperial titles, whereas others voluntarily shrank from them. They also look at the characteristics of and rituals connected to imperial rule as well as to the way Medieval empires saw themselves. Thus, the authors in this volume adopt a transcultural perspective, covering Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Europe, Byzantium and the Middle East. Furthermore, they go beyond the borders of Christianity by including various caliphates and Islamic «hegemonic» rulers like Saladin. DO - 10.3726/978-3-653-05232-9 ID - OAPEN ID: 1001592 ID - OAPEN ID: OCN: 982142601 ID - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28370 KW - History KW - History KW - Middle Ages KW - imperial KW - Charlemagne KW - Saladin KW - Europe KW - Byzantium KW - Middle East L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28370/1/1001592.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28370/1/1001592.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28370/1/1001592.pdf LA - English LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27186 PB - Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group PY - 2017-03-17 SN - 9783631662199;9783653052329;9783631706244 TI - Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Agesnull ER -