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Author : Ben Hubbard
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 147474138X
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (747 download)
Download or read book The Changing Power of the British Monarchy written by Ben Hubbard and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicole Horning
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1534567828
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The British Monarchy written by Nicole Horning and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British monarchy has long been a subject of fascination for many people. Television shows and films have been created to tell the history of influential, long-reigning monarchs such as Queen Elizabeth II, and royal weddings are televised worldwide. This engaging look at British history examines past and present monarchs, how marriages such as the one between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle broke tradition, and the controversy over whether or not Britain needs a monarchy. Through sidebars, annotated quotations, maps, and full-color photographs, readers will gain a deeper understanding of this popular historical topic.
Author : Mandy Merck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780719099564
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (995 download)
Download or read book The British Monarchy on Screen written by Mandy Merck and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving images of the British monarchy are almost as old as the moving image itself, dating back to an 1895 American drama, The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. And from 1896, actual British monarchs appeared in the new 'animated photography', led by Queen Victoria. Half a century later the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II was a milestone in the adoption of television, watched by 20 million Britons and 100 million North Americans. At the century's end, Princess Diana's funeral was viewed by 2.5 billion worldwide. In the first book length examination of film and television representations of this enduring institution, distinguished scholars of media and political history analyze the screen representations of royalty from Henry VIII to 'William and Kate'. Seventeen essays by Ian Christie, Elisabeth Bronfen, Andrew Higson, Karen Lury, Glynn Davies, Jane Landman and other international commentators examine the portrayal of royalty in the 'actuality' picture, the early extended feature, amateur cinema, the movie melodrama, the Commonwealth documentary, New Queer Cinema, TV current affairs, the big screen ceremonial and the post-historical boxed set. A long overdue contribution to film and television studies, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of British media and political history.
Author : Robert Hazell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1509931023
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Role of Monarchy in Modern Democracy written by Robert Hazell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much power does a monarch really have? How much autonomy do they enjoy? Who regulates the size of the royal family, their finances, the rules of succession? These are some of the questions considered in this edited collection on the monarchies of Europe. The book is written by experts from Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK. It considers the constitutional and political role of monarchy, its powers and functions, how it is defined and regulated, the laws of succession and royal finances, relations with the media, the popularity of the monarchy and why it endures. No new political theory on this topic has been developed since Bagehot wrote about the monarchy in The English Constitution (1867). The same is true of the other European monarchies. 150 years on, with their formal powers greatly reduced, how has this ancient, hereditary institution managed to survive and what is a modern monarch's role? What theory can be derived about the role of monarchy in advanced democracies, and what lessons can the different European monarchies learn from each other? The public look to the monarchy to represent continuity, stability and tradition, but also want it to be modern, to reflect modern values and be a focus for national identity. The whole institution is shot through with contradictions, myths and misunderstandings. This book should lead to a more realistic debate about our expectations of the monarchy, its role and its future. The contributors are leading experts from all over Europe: Rudy Andeweg, Ian Bradley, Paul Bovend'Eert, Axel Calissendorff, Frank Cranmer, Robert Hazell, Olivia Hepsworth, Luc Heuschling, Helle Krunke, Bob Morris, Roger Mortimore, Lennart Nilsson, Philip Murphy, Quentin Pironnet, Bart van Poelgeest, Frank Prochaska, Charles Powell, Jean Seaton, Eivind Smith.
Author : W. Kuhn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230375669
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Democratic Royalism written by W. Kuhn and published by Springer. This book was released on 1996-10-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades before the First World War no British institution epitomised national identity more forcefully than the monarchy, and no other institution inspired such a universal feeling of loyalty and attachment. The crown reached this position in the half-century after 1861 by giving up its residual political power to a more powerful and more representative House of Commons and transforming itself into a powerfully symbolic institution, by concentrating its efforts on ceremony. The politicians who transformed the monarchy in an era of mass politics, mass movements and massive ceremonial displays constituted a cross-section of the political world. What were these men doing? What was in their minds as they planned enormous royal spectacles in London? This book focuses on the action of five different individuals who created the modern monarchy: Walter Bagehot, W.E. Gladstone, Lord Esher, Randall Davidson and the Duke of Norfolk.
Author : Jeroen Deploige
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9053567674
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (535 download)
Download or read book Mystifying the Monarch written by Jeroen Deploige and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of monarchs has traditionally been as much symbolic as actual, rooted in popular imagery of sovereignty, divinity, and authority. In Mystifying the Monarch, a distinguished group of contributors explores the changing nature of that imagery—and its political and social effects—in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. They demonstrate that, rather than a linear progression where perceptions of rulers moved inexorably from the sacred to the banal, in reality the history of monarchy has been one of constant tension between mystification and demystification.
Author : Tracy Borman
Publisher : Grove Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802159117
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Crown & Sceptre written by Tracy Borman and published by Grove Atlantic. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the British monarchy that’s “a superb synthesis of historical analysis, politics, and top-notch royal gossip” (Kirkus Reviews). Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England’s various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain’s throne. “Shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue’s gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs,” as Tracy Borman describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown & Sceptre. Ironically, during very few of these 955 years has the throne’s occupant been unambiguously English—whether Norman French, the Welsh-born Tudors, the Scottish Stuarts, and the Hanoverians and their German successors to the present day. Acknowledging the intrinsic fascination with British royalty, Borman lifts the veil to reveal the remarkable characters and personalities who have ruled and, since the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, more ceremonially reigned. It is a crucial distinction explaining the staying power of the monarchy as the royal family has evolved and adapted to the needs and opinions of its people, avoiding the storms of rebellion that brought many of Europe’s royals to an abrupt end. Richard II; Henry VIII; Elizabeth I; George III; Victoria; Elizabeth II: their names evoke eras and the dramatic events Borman recounts. She is equally attuned to the fabric of monarchy: royal palaces; the way monarchs have been portrayed in art, on coins, in the media; the ceremony and pageantry surrounding the crown. Elizabeth II is already one of the longest reigning monarchs in history. Crown & Sceptre is a fitting tribute to her remarkable longevity and that of the magnificent institution she represents. “Crown & Sceptre brings us in short, vivid chapters from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth herself, much of it constituting a dark record of bumping off adversaries, rivals and spouses, confiscating vast estates and military invasions…. [A] lucid, character-rich book.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Borman’s deep understanding of English royalty shines.” —Chris Schluep, Amazon Editors’ Picks, The Best History Books of February 2022
Author : Paul Kléber Monod
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300090666
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Power of Kings written by Paul Kléber Monod and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-11 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping book explores the profound shift in the way European kings and queens were regarded by their subjects between the Reformation and the Enlightenment. Once viewed as godlike beings, by 1715 monarchs had come to represent the human, visible side of the rational state. The author offers new insights into the relations between kings and their subjects and the interplay between monarchy and religion.
Author : Andrew A. Kling
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1420510185
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The British Monarchy written by Andrew A. Kling and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to change lives and fortunes is a hallmark of the long history of the British monarchy. The lure of its power and prestige was the focus of generations of backroom and bedroom politics and international intrigue. Its history includes wars between nations, between fathers and sons, and between brothers, cousins, and rank outsiders. Over the centuries, the role of the kings and queens of the dominion has changed with the times, sometimes peacefully, sometimes violently, but the British monarchy's ability to adapt to an evolving society marks it as one of the most successful on earth. While modern Great Britain now encompasses England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the current monarchy has its origins in the ancient rulers of England. This edition offers an overview of the rise and rule of the British Monarchy, detailing the lives of the royal family throughout history, how they came to power, how they lost or relinquished power, and their role in modern society.
Author : Hugh O'Donnell
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781841503141
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Media, Monarchy and Power written by Hugh O'Donnell and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heather Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108682960
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)
Download or read book For King and Country written by Heather Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a ground-breaking history of the British monarchy in the First World War and of the social and cultural functions of monarchism in the British war effort. Heather Jones examines how the conflict changed British cultural attitudes to the monarchy, arguing that the conflict ultimately helped to consolidate the crown's sacralised status. She looks at how the monarchy engaged with war recruitment, bereavement, gender norms, as well as at its political and military powers and its relationship with Ireland and the empire. She considers the role that monarchism played in military culture and examines royal visits to the front, as well as the monarchy's role in home front morale and in interwar war commemoration. Her findings suggest that the rise of republicanism in wartime Britain has been overestimated and that war commemoration was central to the monarchy's revered interwar status up to the abdication crisis.
Author : G. Ditchfield
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230599435
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book George III written by G. Ditchfield and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-10-31 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a political study of the reign of George III which draws upon unpublished sources and takes account of recent research to present a rounded appreciation of one of the most important and controversial themes in British history. It examines the historical reputation of George III, his role as a European figure and his religious convictions, and offers a discussion of the domestic and imperial policies with which he was associated.
Author : King John
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291433074
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Magna carta written by King John and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-08 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The constitutional foundation of English (and perhaps world) freedoms
Author : Philip Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199214239
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Monarchy and the End of Empire written by Philip Murphy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the relationship between the British government, the Palace, and the modern Commonwealth since 1945 and argues that the monarchy's relationship with the Commonwealth, which was initially promoted by the UK as a means of strengthening imperial ties, increasingly became an impediment to British foreign policy.
Author : Johana Connor
Publisher : UB Tech
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Reign of King Charles III, How The New British Monarchy Will Affect The Nation & The World written by Johana Connor and published by UB Tech. This book was released on with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, who had been the longest-reigning monarch in British history, King Charles III ascended to the throne. The oldest British monarch, King Charles III is well known for supporting social and charity initiatives. The new king is an honourable man who genuinely cares about his subjects. He has been accused of numerous controversies. While praising Charles for his efforts to protect the environment and speak out against climate change, experts have also expressed concern over other causes he has backed. The country is waiting to witness his ruling and the changes he is going to amend for his subjects. King Charles is not just one of the oldest members of the royal family, but also one of the most contentious. While the period of national sorrow for his mother and his upcoming coronation will help him define his persona as king, a closer look into his decades of controversy may provide some insight into how he will act in that role.
Author : Anthony Barnett
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Power and the Throne written by Anthony Barnett and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1994 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993 a conference sponsored by Charter 88 and The Times discussed the British monarchy. Writers, film-makers, journalists and scholars - and a few politicians - assembled for a day of fierce, controversial and funny debate. This book contains a rewritten collection of some of the contributions to that discussion. Among them are Claire Rayner's memories of the role of the Queen in selling women's magazines; Martin Amis's dream about his night with the Duchess of York; Patrick Wright's analysis of the Prince of Wales's effect on serious debate; Sue Townsend's thoughts on the Queen and us; and Christopher Hitchens's ferocious farewell to British servility. Also included are essays by Anthony Barnett, Tom Nairn, Stephen Haseler, Will Hutton, Lady Longford, Billy Bragg and David Hare.
Author : Christopher Cannon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745654762
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Middle English Literature written by Christopher Cannon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It argues that these centuries are, in fundamental ways, the momentous period in our literary history, for they are the long moment in which the category of literature itself emerged as English writing began to insist, for the first time, that it floated free of any social reality or function. This book also charts the complex mechanisms by which English writing acquired this power in a series of linked close readings of both canonical and more obscure texts. It encloses those readings in five compelling accounts of much broader cultural areas, describing, in particular, the productive relationship of Middle English writing to medieval technology, insurgency, statecraft and cultural place, concluding with an in depth account of the particular arguments, emphases and techniques English writers used to claim a wholly new jurisdiction for their work. Both this history and its readings are everywhere informed by the most exciting developments in recent Middle English scholarship as well as literary and cultural theory. It serves as an introduction to all these areas as well as a contribution, in its own right, to each of them.
