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Aachen, coronation in 150 dispute of 61 Abbé Huc (missionary) 125 legitimate 18–19 abdication 50 See also Weber, Max absenteeism 98 avârız 38–39, 41 absolutism 3, 5, 14, 94–95, 185, 190, 194, 202 Avesnes 167 access. See court, thematic âyân 41–48 Adisi (vice-minister of war) 55, 61, 70 See also Nayancheng bailiff 43 Agūi (Qing general) 53, 55–58, 61–62, 70 Baltic Sea 14 See also Nayancheng banner, Chinese 57, 61n28, 62–64, 68, 73, al-Azm 47 78, 118 Albert (Archduke of Austria and Duke of Bordered White 57n20, 70 Burgundy and Brabant) 194–201, 197 Mongol 55n14, 56, 61, 66, 118 fig. 4–5, 199 fig. 6, 201 fig. 7 Yellow 57n20, 86 Alexandra (Queen) 24 banner commander. See sancakbeyi Algeria 20 banners (districts). See sancak Ali Pasha of Yannina 47 banquets 148, 153, 180, 220 Aligun (Qing commander) 52–53 Baoding 82–84, 83 fig. 2 allowances 62, 79, 81 Baring, Evelyn (1st Earl of Cromer) Allsen, Thomas 140–141, 144 20, 26 Altdorfer, Albrecht (German painter and Basin, Thomas (Bishop of Lisieux) 160 engraver) 156 Batavia 19, 24 amban 8, 55n14, 114–125 bedel-i tımar 38 ambassadors 6, 2, 158 Beijing 14, 18, 53, 56, 59 fig. 1, 60 fig. 2, 66, Anderson, Benedict 74 70, 79, 81, 83 fig. 2, 84, 88, 117–118, 124, 144, Anne of Brittany (Queen of France) 177 146–147, 205 fig. 1, 210 Antoine de Chabannes (Count of Dammartin) palaces at 144 169–170 See also Forbidden City Antwerp 185–189 bells 172–173 entry of Albert and Isabel 194–201, 197 beylerbeyi 32, 40–41, 44 fig. 4–5, 199 fig. 6, 201 fig. 7 bishop(s) entry of Alexander Farnese 190–194, in conflicts of rank 108–112 193 fig. 3 in municipal disputes 167–168 entry of François (Duke of Anjou) 188 of Antwerp 201–202 fig. 1, 189 fig. 2, 189–190 of Paris 167 See also ceremonial entries of Teruel 110 Anwesenheitsgesellschaft 6, 28 See also Basin, Thomas; Georges archbishop. See bishop(s) d’Amboise; Gilles de Luxembourg; Asida (Qing noble) 55, 61 Isidoro de Aliaga; Juan Pérez de la Serna; See also Nayancheng Odet de Coligny assemblies 29, 104–105 Bismarck, Otto von 19 Assum, Johann Augustin 155 Bombay 25, 27n44 authority Bourdieu, Pierre 177 central/peripheral 2, 5, 13, 18–23, 27, 49, Brazil 26 51, 61, 99, 105–106, 117, 165–167, 173, 186 British Empire 14–25, 29, 123 234 index

British India 14, 19, 123 custom(s); Francis I; Francis (Duke of Brittany, duchy of 160–161 Brittany); Francis (Duke of Longueville); Buddhism 50n1, 119, 148, 214–215 François; Henry II; Henry VI; Joyous buddhist clergy 214–215 Entry; Louis of Male; Louis VI; Louis IX; bureaucracy Louis X; Louis XI; Louis XII; John II; John Chinese 17, 51, 54–55, 74–93, 114, 120, of Lorraine; oath-taking; southern ; 147, 225 tours of inspection; urban privileges; Ottoman 36, 42 William of Normandy Burgkmair, Hans (German painter and Cezzar Ahmed Pasha (Ottoman ruler of Acre woodcut printmaker) 156 and the Galilee) 47 Burgundy, duchy of 165–166, 170 Chambers of Rhetoric 187 burial rites 120–121 Charles of France (Duke of and Normandy) 160–161 Calcutta 24 (Duke of Burgundy) Canzan Dachen (Grand Minister 160, 166, 168, 170 Consultant) 67 Charles I of Anjou (King of Sicily) 99 capital punishment Charles II (King of Spain) 96 in China 52, 54, 58, 61, 66n44, 90, Charles IV (Holy Roman Emperor) 178 91n37, 146 fig. 3 in France 172–173 Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor) 95, 99, in the Ottoman Empire 38 150, 178 fig. 3, 192 Catherine de Medici (Queen of France) Charles VI (King of France) 165, 171–173, 177 176 fig. 2 census register 31n2, 39–42 Charles VII (King of France) 163, 164 centralisation/decentralisation 18, 47–48, fig. 1, 171 181 Charles VIII (King of France) 179–180 ceremonial entries 160–202 Chauveau, François (French painter and into Abbeville 168, 180 engraver) 158 into Arles 180 checks and balances 28, 120 into Arras 166–167 Chengdu 61, 68 into Beauvais 167–168, 179n60, 183 chief grand councillor 52, 54, 57 into Bologna 150 chieftain 33, 52 into Bruges 162 Cicero, Marcus Tullius 21 into Châlons-en- 168 circulation into Châlons-sur-Saone 163, 169 of coinage 36–39 into Compiègne 179–180 of officials 17, 76, 93, 126 into Dijon 174 city rights. See urban privileges into La Rochelle 163, 167, 169 city-state 15 into Messina 150 Civil Service Examinations 55, 76–77, 85, into Nice 150 87, 120, 146 into Paris 163, 164 fig. 1, 165, 167–169, Cixi (Empress Dowager of China) 14 173–175, 176 fig. 2, 178 fig. 3, 179–180 cizye 39, 41 into Rouen 160–161, 172–173, 177, 183 Classics Colloquium 70 into Tournai 181 Claude of France (Queen of France) into 171, 179 180–181 See also Albert; Antwerp; Charles of clergy France; Charles the Bold; Charles IV; buddhist 214–215 Charles V; Charles VI; Charles VII; French 163, 169