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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... 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 Henry, who ...
... 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 Henry, who ...
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... NORMANDY ( c1055- ? ) . Sources from the 11th and 12th centuries agree that Adeliza ( also known as Adelaide , Adelida , Adelisa , and Alice ) was the daughter of William I of England ( William the Conqueror ) and Matilda of Flanders ...
... NORMANDY ( c1055- ? ) . Sources from the 11th and 12th centuries agree that Adeliza ( also known as Adelaide , Adelida , Adelisa , and Alice ) was the daughter of William I of England ( William the Conqueror ) and Matilda of Flanders ...
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... Normandy in more conventional fashion, he maintained the relationship with Aelfgifu and in 1030 sent her to rule Norway with Svein, but their regime of harsh taxation led to rebellion, and they were forced to flee in 1035. Aelfgifu was ...
... Normandy in more conventional fashion, he maintained the relationship with Aelfgifu and in 1030 sent her to rule Norway with Svein, but their regime of harsh taxation led to rebellion, and they were forced to flee in 1035. Aelfgifu was ...
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... Normandy. AELFRED AETHELING (c1003–1036). Aelfred, son of the Anglo-Saxon King Aethelred the Unready and his second wife, Emma of Normandy, spent most of his life in Normandy, where his father had taken refuge af- ter much of England ...
... Normandy. AELFRED AETHELING (c1003–1036). Aelfred, son of the Anglo-Saxon King Aethelred the Unready and his second wife, Emma of Normandy, spent most of his life in Normandy, where his father had taken refuge af- ter much of England ...
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... Normandy—proved to have greater consequences for the English nation. There were three children, two sons and a daughter, with Edward (the elder boy, now known as Edward the Confessor) becoming king in 1042. More importantly, however ...
... Normandy—proved to have greater consequences for the English nation. There were three children, two sons and a daughter, with Edward (the elder boy, now known as Edward the Confessor) becoming king in 1042. More importantly, however ...
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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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