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In medieval cultures, "supplication" was simply the act of prayer, an act that required a distinctive language of entreaty accompanied by gestures of humility, such as kneeling and prostration. Koziol shows that in tenth- and eleventh-century France, prayer was an act of political honor as well as religious devotion, since the language and gestures of prayer were used to address not only God but also earthly lords who claimed to rule "by the grace of God." Making subtle use of ethnological studies and using a remarkable range of sources, Koziol demonstrates that supplication accurately reflected the complexities and paradoxes in contemporary attitudes toward friendship, enmity, and political authority.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Begging Pardon and Favor
• Author: Geoffrey Koziol
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488
• EAN: 9780801477539
• ISBN: 0801477530
• ID: 04707395
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Weight: 760 g
• Dimensions: 152 × 229 × 37 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. September 2011

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