How Do You Define A King? A Study of Kingship Leading Up To, During, and Immediately Following The Reign of Hatshepsut
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Bullivant, Ashley Ann
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Sterling, Kathleen A.
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State University of New York at Binghamton
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019
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66 p.
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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M.A.
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State University of New York at Binghamton
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2019
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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More and more scholars are looking at Kingship to learn about societies that had a monarchy. Kingship is something that is varied from society to society and even within society. This thesis looks at how Hatshepsut's reign during the New Kingdom compares and contrasts with the previous rulers. How she validated her claims to kingship followed tradition but, in many ways, stepped away and created a new version of kingship. This paper looks at kingship in antiquity and throughout Egyptian history to establish a base for kingship. Many of the traditions of kingship were established early in Egyptian history, and many are similar to other monarchies in antiquity. Hatshepsut came into that established kingship as the first female pharaoh to make a woman king identity. She did this by taking the traditional image of the king and feminizing it when she could or masculinizing it when she had to.