Monarchies were the most common form of government until the 20th century. Introduction A monarchy is a form of government in...
Monarchy
Introduction The Stone of Scone (Gaelic: Lia Fail), also known as the Stone of Destiny or Coronation...
The earliest English coronation that is recorded in detail was the crowning of the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar...
Monarchs and prime ministers have spent centuries working out which decisions need to be made in public....
Monarchs were demolishing the medieval feudal political system and building strong central government in its place. Introduction...
The origins of the theory are rooted in the medieval idea that God had bestowed earthly power...
Many kingdoms were elective historically, though the candidates were typically only from the family of the deceased...
Only divine authority can judge unjust monarchs and any attempt to depose, dethrone, or restrict their powers...
A brief introduction to famous African rulers and their impact on medieval and Renaissance European culture. By Dr....
In terms of its staging of sovereignty, passivity distinguished the Scottish king from the English tyrant. Introduction...
Roman history held that seven kings of Rome reigned from the establishment of the city in 753...
A new national imaginary emerged that legitimized the task of redefinition. With variations, a concern with origins...
An analysis forces us to ask what we mean by political agency. By Laura Spinney Eleanor of...
By sanctifying the royal body, the act of anointing has often been believed to confer healing powers....
How two female courtiers vied for influence over Queen Anne. One of the challengers at this year’s...
The evolution of Italian citizenship from political unification to the end of the Second World War. By...
Privilege was the beating heart of that society of orders known as Bourbon France. Privilege was the...
The politicization of the French peasantry before and during the Revolutionary period has been the topic of...
The concept of absolutism – the divine right to rule – dominated the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries...
The era of absolutism, exemplified by the “Sun King” Louis XIV Bourbon of France, marks the rise...