Wednesday, July 30, 2025

III. CURBING GROWTH: KINGS AND RITUALIZED WARFARE




RULERS CONTAIN PROFITS AND ARE CONTAINED THEMSELVES

Their image is static and weapons or symbols of power keep them from using their hands.

King of Benin, 16th century

Emperor of Byzantium, 11th century 

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Warfare can be for show.

Anonymous, Compiègne Historical Society
Joan of Arc wears a gold garment over her armor, which leads to an English archer pulling her off her horse.
-- La vie de Jeanne d'Arc by Anatole France, Gallica, p, 173. 
-- La tirer de cheval : Agnès Sorel par Françoise Kermina, 2006, 71

Transglobalsoul
Horsemen from Kanem-Bornu: the quilting is practical, not the color, and the hats get in the way.


In brief

Both change as economies expand. 

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