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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... June: King Harthacanute, the last Scandinavian king of England, dies childless and is replaced by King Edward the Confessor, who thus re- stores the Anglo-Saxon line of succession to the throne. 1045 23 January: King Edward the ...
... June: King Harthacanute, the last Scandinavian king of England, dies childless and is replaced by King Edward the Confessor, who thus re- stores the Anglo-Saxon line of succession to the throne. 1045 23 January: King Edward the ...
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... June: English clerics and nobles force King John to sign the Magna Carta, a charter that greatly curtails the monarch's rights but adds to the power of the church and the law courts. 1216 22 May: Louis, son of King Philip II of France ...
... June: English clerics and nobles force King John to sign the Magna Carta, a charter that greatly curtails the monarch's rights but adds to the power of the church and the law courts. 1216 22 May: Louis, son of King Philip II of France ...
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... June: King Henry III negotiates the Provisions of Oxford with his barons, receiving contributions to his treasury in return for the concession of significant powers to England's parliament. 1264 23 January: King Louis IX of France is ...
... June: King Henry III negotiates the Provisions of Oxford with his barons, receiving contributions to his treasury in return for the concession of significant powers to England's parliament. 1264 23 January: King Louis IX of France is ...
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... June: The Scots, under Robert I (Robert the Bruce), defeat a large English army at Bannockburn and strengthen their claims to independent nationhood. 1318 14 February: Marguerite of France, second wife of King Edward I, dies. 1322 16 ...
... June: The Scots, under Robert I (Robert the Bruce), defeat a large English army at Bannockburn and strengthen their claims to independent nationhood. 1318 14 February: Marguerite of France, second wife of King Edward I, dies. 1322 16 ...
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... June: In the first major engagement of the Hundred Years' War, an English fleet, under the command of King Edward III, destroys the French navy at Sluys. 1346 26 August: The English army, led by King Edward III and helped by its ...
... June: In the first major engagement of the Hundred Years' War, an English fleet, under the command of King Edward III, destroys the French navy at Sluys. 1346 26 August: The English army, led by King Edward III and helped by its ...
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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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Aethelred Aethelred the Unready Alan Sutton Anglo-Saxon Anne army Battle born British brother buried Cambridge Catherine Charles child Church COUNTESS court crown Date of accession Date of birth Date of coronation Date of death David died duchess duke of York Dunfermline Abbey earl Edinburgh Edmund Edward III eldest Eleanor England English father France Gloucester Harthacanute heir Henry VI House husband Isabella James VI John July June King Edward King George king’s kingdom later King London Malcolm Margaret marriage married Mary Mary of Teck Matilda monarch mother nobles Normandy November Oxford parliament Place of birth Place of burial Place of coronation Place of death PLANTAGENET political prince of Wales princess royal queen consort Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth II queen of Scots reign Relationship to successor Richard royal family Scotland Scottish sovereign STEWART Stroud Stuart succeeded throne Tudor University Press unknown wedding Wessex Westminster Abbey wife William Windsor Castle