A discussion of techniques used by rulers to assert leadership and social control includes a comparison of the regimes of Louis XIV in France and Adolf Hitler i

"The Court Society is a book to be read on several levels. It is a historical book, carefully researched and with great imagination painting a vivid and detaile

This volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's court.

Palace intrigues and clientelism drove politics at the viceregal court of colonial Mexico. By carefully reconstructing social networks in the court of Viceroy D

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