Thomas T. Allsen is Professor Emeritus, Department of History, College of New Jersey.
From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the royal hunt was a vital component of the political cultures of the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China. Besides marking elite status, royal hunts functioned as inspection tours and imperial progresses, a means of asserting kingly authority over the countryside. The hunt was, in fact, the "court out-of-doors," an open-air theater for displays of majesty, the entertainment of guests, and the bestowal of favor on subjects.
In the conduct of interstate relations, great hunts were used to train armies, show the flag, and send diplomatic signals. Wars sometimes began as hunts and ended as celebratory chases. Often understood as a kind of covert military training, the royal hunt was subject to the same strict discipline as that applied in war and was also a source of innovation in military organization and tactics.
Just as human subjects were to recognize royal power, so was the natural kingdom brought within the power structure by means of the royal hunt. Hunting parks were centers of botanical exchange, military depots, early conservation reserves, and important links in local ecologies. The mastery of the king over nature served an important purpose in official renderings: as a manifestation of his possession of heavenly good fortune he could tame the natural world and keep his kingdom safe from marauding threats, human or animal. The exchanges of hunting partners—cheetahs, elephants, and even birds—became diplomatic tools as well as serving to create an elite hunting culture that transcended political allegiances and ecological frontiers.
This sweeping comparative work ranges from ancient Egypt to India under the Raj. With a magisterial command of contemporary sources, literature, material culture, and archaeology, Thomas T. Allsen chronicles the vast range of traditions surrounding this fabled royal occupation.
發表於2025-02-07
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圖書標籤: 曆史 海外中國研究 Eurasia 濛元史 遊牧民族 狩獵 十九世紀 邊疆史
挺有趣的題目,研究上也花瞭功夫,但時間和地理的跨度太大瞭(真·Eurasia),導緻內容泛泛,讀起來有點無聊,拆成幾本書來寫可能會更好。
評分挺有趣的題目,研究上也花瞭功夫,但時間和地理的跨度太大瞭(真·Eurasia),導緻內容泛泛,讀起來有點無聊,拆成幾本書來寫可能會更好。
評分挺有趣的題目,研究上也花瞭功夫,但時間和地理的跨度太大瞭(真·Eurasia),導緻內容泛泛,讀起來有點無聊,拆成幾本書來寫可能會更好。
評分愛貓的人寫的書。我想愛爾森是不是也打算效法伊懋可,衝擊一下儒蓮奬啊?但是名字不太對,叫“歐亞的動物世界”可能更恰當。另外,是不是齣版社的拼音校對有問題啊?校獵變成xiaolie,冒頓變成maodun,單於變成shanyu,隻能說,歐亞這潭水太深
評分愛貓的人寫的書。我想愛爾森是不是也打算效法伊懋可,衝擊一下儒蓮奬啊?但是名字不太對,叫“歐亞的動物世界”可能更恰當。另外,是不是齣版社的拼音校對有問題啊?校獵變成xiaolie,冒頓變成maodun,單於變成shanyu,隻能說,歐亞這潭水太深
The Royal Hunt in Eurasian History 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載