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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... Westminster Abbey and smuggle it back to Scotland , more than 600 years after Edward I had taken it south ( see 1296 ) . 1952 6 February : King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter , Queen Elizabeth II . 1953 24 March : Mary ...
... Westminster Abbey and smuggle it back to Scotland , more than 600 years after Edward I had taken it south ( see 1296 ) . 1952 6 February : King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter , Queen Elizabeth II . 1953 24 March : Mary ...
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... Westminster Abbey , Princess Alexandra married Angus Ogilvy , son of the earl of Airlie , in a ceremony watched by 200 mil- lion television viewers around the world . They had two children— James Ogilvy ( born in 1964 ) and Marina ...
... Westminster Abbey , Princess Alexandra married Angus Ogilvy , son of the earl of Airlie , in a ceremony watched by 200 mil- lion television viewers around the world . They had two children— James Ogilvy ( born in 1964 ) and Marina ...
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... Westminster Abbey . The settlements of Annapolis and Princess Anne , both in Maryland , are named after her , as are Queen Anne's County ( also in Maryland ) and Princess Anne County in Vir- ginia . Anne was succeeded by King George I ...
... Westminster Abbey . The settlements of Annapolis and Princess Anne , both in Maryland , are named after her , as are Queen Anne's County ( also in Maryland ) and Princess Anne County in Vir- ginia . Anne was succeeded by King George I ...
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... Westminster Abbey on 20 January 1382, was shaped by politics. At the time, there were competing claimants for the papacy. The French, whom the English were opposing in the Hundred Years' War, supported Clement VII, but the Bohemians ...
... Westminster Abbey on 20 January 1382, was shaped by politics. At the time, there were competing claimants for the papacy. The French, whom the English were opposing in the Hundred Years' War, supported Clement VII, but the Bohemians ...
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... Westminster Abbey , but when her tomb was opened in 1871 , many of her bones were missing , having been removed by souvenir hunters over the cen- turies . See also EDMUND OF LANGLEY , DUKE OF YORK . ANNE OF CLEVES ( 1515–1557 ) . The ...
... Westminster Abbey , but when her tomb was opened in 1871 , many of her bones were missing , having been removed by souvenir hunters over the cen- turies . See also EDMUND OF LANGLEY , DUKE OF YORK . ANNE OF CLEVES ( 1515–1557 ) . The ...
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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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