Acknowledgementsvii
List of Figures and Mapsviii
Notes on Editors and Contributorsx
Introduction1
Jeroen Duindam
part 1 Agents11
The Imperial Viceroy: Reflections on an Historical Type13
Jürgen Osterhammel
Devolution from the Centre to the Periphery: An Overview of Ottoman
Provincial Administration30
İ. Metin Kunt
Broken Passage to the Summit: Nayancheng’s Botched Mission in the
White Lotus War49
Yingcong Dai
Routine Promotions: Li Hu and the Dusty Byways of Empire74
R. Kent Guy
Ceremonial Demarcations. The Viceregal Court as Space of Political
Communication in the Spanish Monarchy (Valencia, Naples, and
Mexico 1621–1635)94
Christian Büschges
The Ambans of Tibet—Imperial Rule at the Inner Asian Periphery114
Sabine Dabringhaus
part 2 Interactions127
Remonstrating Against Royal Extravagance in Imperial China129
Patricia Ebrey
‘True and Historical Descriptions’? European Festivals and the
Printed Record150
Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly
Ceremonial Entries and the Confirmation of Urban Privileges in
France, c. 1350–1550160
Neil Murphy
‘Willingly We Follow a Gentle Leader ...’: Joyous Entries into
Antwerp185
Margit Thøfner
Historical Narratives of the Kangxi Emperor’s Inaugural Visit
to Suzhou, 1684203
Michael G. Chang
Towards a Comparative Understanding of Rulership: Discourses, Practices,
Patterns225
Jeroen Duindam
Index233
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