Historical Dictionary of the British MonarchyScarecrow Press, 24 февр. 2011 г. - Всего страниц: 722 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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... House of Lancaster (which sported a red rose as its emblem) and the House of York (which sported a white rose). The conflict began with the Battle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455 and continued for 30 years until Lancastrian Henry Tudor ...
... House of Lancaster (which sported a red rose as its emblem) and the House of York (which sported a white rose). The conflict began with the Battle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455 and continued for 30 years until Lancastrian Henry Tudor ...
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... House of Normandy (or, according to some genealogists, the only king from the House of Blois). In about 1080, at a wedding that was followed by a much more lavish ceremony in Chartres Cathedral the following year, she married Stephen ...
... House of Normandy (or, according to some genealogists, the only king from the House of Blois). In about 1080, at a wedding that was followed by a much more lavish ceremony in Chartres Cathedral the following year, she married Stephen ...
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... HOUSE; MARY, PRINCESS, LANDGRAVINE OF HESSE-CASSEL; MAUD, PRINCESS, QUEEN OF NORWAY; QUEEN MOTHER; VICTORIA, PRINCESS. ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS (1936– ). Princess Alexandra—the only daughter and second child of Prince George, duke of Kent ...
... HOUSE; MARY, PRINCESS, LANDGRAVINE OF HESSE-CASSEL; MAUD, PRINCESS, QUEEN OF NORWAY; QUEEN MOTHER; VICTORIA, PRINCESS. ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS (1936– ). Princess Alexandra—the only daughter and second child of Prince George, duke of Kent ...
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... HOUSE OF . Modern historians often refer to Kenneth MacAlpin and his descendants , who ruled a large tract of northern Britain for most of the period from the mid - 9th until the mid - 11th century , as the House of Al- pin . The ...
... HOUSE OF . Modern historians often refer to Kenneth MacAlpin and his descendants , who ruled a large tract of northern Britain for most of the period from the mid - 9th until the mid - 11th century , as the House of Al- pin . The ...
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... house of Wessex, united an area approximat- ing to present-day England under one monarch, but even then control was never secure. A true sense of unity did not develop until the reign of King Edgar of England, from 959 to 975, which ...
... house of Wessex, united an area approximat- ing to present-day England under one monarch, but even then control was never secure. A true sense of unity did not develop until the reign of King Edgar of England, from 959 to 975, which ...
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H | 227 |
I | 261 |
J | 267 |
K | 289 |
L | 295 |
M | 309 |
N | 353 |
O | 359 |
Photospread | 366 |
Y | 529 |
Chronology of British Monarchs | 531 |
British Monarchs Biographical Summaries | 537 |
Royal Consorts Biographical Summaries | 559 |
The Line of Succession to the British Throne | 577 |
Genealogies of Britains Monarchs | 579 |
Bibliography | 589 |
About the Author | 665 |
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