Memoria de la Maiestas Domini del mundo clásico a la Edad Media
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.cemyr.2016.24.02Abstract
Maiestas Domini recorded from the classic world to the Middle Ages». Since archaic times the representation of human power has enjoyed special attention. It has been used to support the exercise of power through rituals and cultural signifiers that render it visible. The Iliad binds the foundation of royalty to divine power as sent by delegation of Zeus. Hesiod emphasizes the exclusive source of royal power derived from Zeus, and Callimachus,
glossing Hesiod, corroborates this divine origin. Romans recreated the Greek mythological universe in the Latin texts applied to Roman emperors. Likewise, the Church assimilated this theocratic conception and representation of power and reinforced through biblical texts
the theoretical foundation of divine delegation. The theory thus extended throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Modern World.
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