The ceremonial of audience acted as an integrative factor strengthening the connections
between the ruler and his subjects the élite and his dynastic background. It thus reflects the
structure or at least the intended structure of rule and allows us to get insight into the
perception of the ruler in the respective society. This volume offers an approach to forms and
structures of audiences in different epochs and regions. Choosing a transcultural and
diachronic perspective it aims at delineating similarities and differences as well as possible
lines of development of the ceremonial on a broad basis of case studies.Monarchic
representation in transcultural perspective
