Abstract

This collective article is dedicated to the images of power in the ancient and medieval societies, their forming, functions and the ways of representation. Authors found the universal components of the images of power in the different pre-industrial societies of the East and Vest, such as procedures of obtaining power, coronation and anointment, ruler’s regalia and the forms of organizing space of power. The authors investigate the relationship between the secular and the sacred elements in the political mythology of power. This paper deals with the evolution of images of power, rituals and symbols of authority from Ancient Eastern to Medieval societies. The purpose of the article is to present the universal components of the images of power in Ancient and Medieval times. The identification of common and specific features in the representation of power and ritual practices will allow us to see the evolution of ideas about power in pre-industrial societies.

Highlights

  • The study of the problem of power in the history of mankind continues to be one of the key directions of modern social sciences

  • The people are asking prophet Samuel instead of the previous authority of the heads of the houses and elders, leaders and prophets to let him have the ruler to judge, as he did for other nations (1 Sam. 8: 5)

  • Since only God really has power over Israel, authority is delegated to the ruler through the ritual of anointing (1 Sam 10: 1)

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Introduction

The study of the problem of power in the history of mankind continues to be one of the key directions of modern social sciences. Power is primarily an image that is maintained in the public mind. The representation of power, that is, its communicative component, is a key condition for its existence. The history of the countries of East and West in Antiquity and the Middle Ages suggests synthesis phenomena in the formation of the image of power. The correlation in this synthesis of interacting cultures is a scientific problem in itself. From this point of view, modern historiography studies the symbolism of rule in the power of Alexander the Great and his successors.

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