book chapter

The Annamese monarchy

Les éditions Domat-Monchrestien, F. Loviton et CompagnieParisPublished In 1931 • Pages:

By: Petit, Robert, Whitaker, T. R..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Petit prepared this study as a doctoral thesis at the University of Paris. He covers the accession to the throne, the religious character of the Emperor and his function as chief of state. Information is also given concerning the Emperor's assistants, his court, family and funeral ceremonies. Many parallels are drawn with Chinese custom. The study includes a short history of the formation of the Annamese Empire, and there is detailed information about sovereigns' names, and on titles and privileges and their inheritance.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ethos
Norms
Tillage
Diet
Special garments
Inheritance
Rest days and holidays
Status, role, and prestige
Talent mobility
Etiquette
Social control
Chief executive
Executive household
Administrative agencies
Legal norms
Liability
Offenses against the state
Cult of the dead
Ethnosociology
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Vietnamese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Roseanne Mandler ; 1952; Teferi A. Adem ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
No date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
179 B.C. - 1931
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
central Vietnam
NotesAdditional notes
[by] Robert Petit
Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Paris, 1931
Translation of: [La monarchie annamite]
This document consists of excerpts
Translated from the French for the HRAF files by T. R. Whitaker ca. 1950
Includes bibliography only in the original French text
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Vietnamese