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Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy - Couverture rigide

Panton, Professor Kenneth J.

 
9780810857797: Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0810857790 ISBN 13 : 9780810857797
Editeur : Scarecrow Press, 2011

Synopsis

The monarch is the United Kingdom's head of state, exercising powers that are circumscribed by common law, convention, and statute law. Nowadays, many of the sovereign's functions are ceremonial but in the past the balance between ceremony and decision-making was very different. The foundations of the modern monarchy were laid more than a millennium ago, in Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Britain, so its modern form is a stage in an evolution that has been shaped by attitudes towards divorce, the changing role of women, the democratization of society, dynastic intermarriage, financial demands, religious convictions, struggles for economic and political power, and territorial aggrandizement.

Covering some of the most famous figures in world history, including William the Conqueror, Henry VIII, and Queens Victoria, Elizabeth I, and Elizabeth II, the Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy provides a chronology starting with the year 495 and continuing to the present day, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is a must for anyone interested in the British monarchy.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kenneth J. Panton is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh and King's College, University of London, he taught at London Guildhall University before moving to the United States to lead Southern Mississippi's British Studies program, taking 200 graduate and undergraduate students to the United Kingdom every summer. His publications include seven previous contributions to the Historical Dictionary series.

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Éditeur
Scarecrow Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0810857790
ISBN 13 
9780810857797
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
722
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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