Monarchy Transformed

Author : Robert von Friedeburg,John Morrill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316510247

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Monarchy Transformed by Robert von Friedeburg,John Morrill Pdf

"Until the 1960s, it was widely assumed that in Western Europe the 'New Monarchy' propelled kingdoms and principalities onto a modern nation-state trajectory. John I of Portugal (1358-1433), Charles VII (1403-1461) and Louis XI (1423-1483) of France, Henry VII and Henry VIII of England (1457-1509, 1509-1553), Isabella of Castile (1474-1504) and Ferdinand of Aragon (1479-1516) were, by improving royal administration, by bringing more continuity to communication with their estates and by introducing more regular taxation, all seen to have served that goal. In this view, princes were assigned to the role of developing and implementing the sinews of state as a sovereign entity characterized by the coherence of its territorial borders and its central administration and government. They shed medieval traditions of counsel and instead enforced relations of obedience toward the emerging 'state'."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Mark A. Kishlansky
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040546486

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A Monarchy Transformed by Mark A. Kishlansky Pdf

A Monarchy Transformed is a vigorous, concise account of the political developments that changed an isolated archipelago in the corner of Europe into one of the greatest powers of the Western world.

Author : W. Kuhn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230375666

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Democratic Royalism by W. Kuhn Pdf

In the decades before the First World War no British institution epitomised national identity more forcefully than the monarchy, and no other institution inspired such a universal feeling of loyalty and attachment. The crown reached this position in the half-century after 1861 by giving up its residual political power to a more powerful and more representative House of Commons and transforming itself into a powerfully symbolic institution, by concentrating its efforts on ceremony. The politicians who transformed the monarchy in an era of mass politics, mass movements and massive ceremonial displays constituted a cross-section of the political world. What were these men doing? What was in their minds as they planned enormous royal spectacles in London? This book focuses on the action of five different individuals who created the modern monarchy: Walter Bagehot, W.E. Gladstone, Lord Esher, Randall Davidson and the Duke of Norfolk.

Author : Mark Kishlansky
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141949710

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The Penguin History of Britain by Mark Kishlansky Pdf

The sixth of nine volumes in the major Penguin History of Britain series, A Monarchy Transformed narrates the tempestuous political events of the Stuart dynasty. It charts the reigns of six monarchs, and the course of two revolutions as well as religious upheavals that shook the beliefs of seventeenth-century Britons to the core.

Author : Mark Kishlansky
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997-08-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780140148275

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A Monarchy Transformed by Mark Kishlansky Pdf

A Monarchy Transformed is a vigorous, concise account of the political developments that changed an isolated archipelago in the corner of Europe into one of the greatest powers of the Western world.

Author : David Gilmour
Publisher : London ; New York : Quartet Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001955405

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The Transformation of Spain by David Gilmour Pdf

Author : Robert Von Friedeburg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1108255612

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Monarchy Transformed: Princes and Their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe by Robert Von Friedeburg Pdf

Author : Edward Owens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1909646962

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Family Firm by Edward Owens Pdf

Author : Robert Hazell,Bob Morris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509931026

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The Role of Monarchy in Modern Democracy by Robert Hazell,Bob Morris Pdf

How much power does a monarch really have? How much autonomy do they enjoy? Who regulates the size of the royal family, their finances, the rules of succession? These are some of the questions considered in this edited collection on the monarchies of Europe. The book is written by experts from Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK. It considers the constitutional and political role of monarchy, its powers and functions, how it is defined and regulated, the laws of succession and royal finances, relations with the media, the popularity of the monarchy and why it endures. No new political theory on this topic has been developed since Bagehot wrote about the monarchy in The English Constitution (1867). The same is true of the other European monarchies. 150 years on, with their formal powers greatly reduced, how has this ancient, hereditary institution managed to survive and what is a modern monarch's role? What theory can be derived about the role of monarchy in advanced democracies, and what lessons can the different European monarchies learn from each other? The public look to the monarchy to represent continuity, stability and tradition, but also want it to be modern, to reflect modern values and be a focus for national identity. The whole institution is shot through with contradictions, myths and misunderstandings. This book should lead to a more realistic debate about our expectations of the monarchy, its role and its future. The contributors are leading experts from all over Europe: Rudy Andeweg, Ian Bradley, Paul Bovend'Eert, Axel Calissendorff, Frank Cranmer, Robert Hazell, Olivia Hepsworth, Luc Heuschling, Helle Krunke, Bob Morris, Roger Mortimore, Lennart Nilsson, Philip Murphy, Quentin Pironnet, Bart van Poelgeest, Frank Prochaska, Charles Powell, Jean Seaton, Eivind Smith.

Author : Michael Schaich
Publisher : OUP/German Historical Institute London
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123285889

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Monarchy and Religion by Michael Schaich Pdf

'Monarchy and Religion' explores the religious dimension of kingship in 18th century Europe. By comparing the British, French, Russian, and some of the German monarchies it challenges assumptions about the desaralization of royal power during this period.

Author : Steven Beller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107091894

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The Habsburg Monarchy 1815-1918 by Steven Beller Pdf

Introduction: Austria and modernity -- 1815-1835: restoration and procrastination -- 1835-1851: revolution and reaction -- 1852-1867: transformation -- 1867-1879: liberalization -- 1879-1897: nationalization -- 1897-1914: modernization -- 1914-1918: self-destruction -- Conclusion: Central Europe and the paths not taken

Author : Ronald G. Asch
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782383574

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Sacral Kingship Between Disenchantment and Re-enchantment by Ronald G. Asch Pdf

France and England are often seen as monarchies standing at opposite ends of the spectrum of seventeenth-century European political culture. On the one hand the Bourbon monarchy took the high road to absolutism, while on the other the Stuarts never quite recovered from the diminution of their royal authority following the regicide of Charles I in 1649. However, both monarchies shared a common medieval heritage of sacral kingship, and their histories remained deeply entangled throughout the century. This study focuses on the interaction between ideas of monarchy and images of power in the two countries between the execution of Mary Queen of Scots and the Glorious Revolution. It demonstrates that even in periods when politics were seemingly secularized, as in France at the end of the Wars of Religion, and in latter seventeenth- century England, the appeal to religious images and values still lent legitimacy to royal authority by emphasizing the sacral aura or providential role which church and religion conferred on monarchs.

Author : Andrew Morton
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782437239

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Wallis in Love by Andrew Morton Pdf

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Morton reveals new information and sources that totally transform our perception of Wallis Simpson. Wallis in Love brings a fascinating new perspective on the 20th century's most controversial royal scandal. Andrew Morton's impeccable research and unerring skill for riveting storytelling combine to present a strong case for a new and startling reveal: that the woman who rocked the world with her uncompromising passion for the Prince of Wales may have fooled everyone by keeping the object of her true passion hidden away... From her relatively lowly beginnings in America - where young Wallis and her mother were dependent on her domineering and powerful Uncle Sol, to her rise through the social ranks and her determination to one day beat men at their own game - to the ultimate conquest of the Prince of Wales, Morton paints a vivid and multi-faceted picture of a compelling, ambitious and often hard-hearted woman, who may have won the jewel in the British crown but very possibly at the expense of her true happiness. Wallis in Love reveals the men Wallis truly loved, the men who broke her heart - and the hearts she broke in turn. In this vivid, fresh and frankly amazing portrait of the Duchess of Windsor, Morton draws on interviews, secret letters, diaries and never before seen or heard primary sources. From the day she was born in a ramshackle cottage in the hills to revealing what really happened the night her husband died, Morton paints a fresh and enticing portrait of the Duchess of Windsor.

Author : Michael Kwass
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521030196

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Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France by Michael Kwass Pdf

This book, first published in 2000, offers a lucid interpretation of the Ancien Régime and the origins of the French Revolution.

Author : Visiting Professor at Yale University and Senior Research Fellow Frank Prochaska,F. K. Prochaska
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0300064535

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Royal Bounty by Visiting Professor at Yale University and Senior Research Fellow Frank Prochaska,F. K. Prochaska Pdf

Royal Bounty is a pioneering study of the monarchy's social role and its influence in the institutional and civic life of Britain from George III to the present. Drawing on previously unused material from the Royal Archives and elsewhere, the book opens a rich vein in the history of the monarchy which has hitherto received scant attention. Full of revealing insights and novel information (including the precise annual charitable donations of the Queen herself and other members of the royal family), the book illuminates the transformation of the idea of nobility and the centrality of charitable service in the monarchy's survival. Elegantly written, wry, and handsomely illustrated, it will appeal to everyone interested in voluntarism, social policy, the monarchy and its future.