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Notes on contributors |
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Understanding the mechanisms of monarchy |
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PART I Models and concepts of rulership |
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21 | (160) |
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23 | (15) |
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1 The `wise king' topos in context: royal literacy and political theology in medieval western Europe (c.1000--1200) |
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38 | (16) |
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Manuel Alejandro Rodriguez De La Pena |
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2 The biblical King Solomon in representations of western European medieval royalty |
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54 | (16) |
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3 Regal power and the royal family in a thirteenth-century Iberian legislative programme |
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70 | (19) |
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4 Personal union, composite monarchy and `multiple rule' |
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89 | (23) |
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5 Dynastic succession in an elective monarchy: the Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire |
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112 | (18) |
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6 Dei gratia and the `divine right of kings': divine legitimization or human humility? |
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130 | (16) |
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7 A case study of pre-modern Islamic monarchy: the Almohad caliphate of the Maghreb and al-Andalus in the 12th--13th centuries |
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146 | (19) |
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8 Contemporary kingship in Muslim Arab societies in comparative context |
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165 | (16) |
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PART II Ritual and representation |
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181 | (228) |
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183 | (13) |
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9 Faith, power and charity: personal religion and kingship in medieval England |
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196 | (17) |
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10 The nation as a ritual community: royal nation-building in imperial Japan and post-war Thailand |
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213 | (16) |
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11 The nationalization and mediatization of European monarchies in times of sorrow: royal deaths and funerals in the second half of the nineteenth century |
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229 | (20) |
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12 A useless ceremony of some use: a comparative study of attitudes to coronations in Norway and Sweden in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries |
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249 | (16) |
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13 Negotiating with the neighbours: kingship and diplomacy in Munhumutapa |
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265 | (17) |
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14 Early modem monarchy and foreign travel |
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282 | (18) |
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15 Kingship and masculinity in Renaissance Portugal (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries) |
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300 | (14) |
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16 Royal representations through the father and warrior figures in early modern Europe |
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314 | (16) |
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17 Chasing St Louis: the English monarchy's pursuit of sainthood |
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330 | (22) |
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18 Raising royal bodies: Stuart authority and the monumental image |
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352 | (22) |
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19 In pursuit of social allies: royal residences and political legitimacy in post-Revolutionary Europe, 1804--30 |
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374 | (16) |
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20 Clothing royal bodies: changing attitudes to royal dress and appearance from the Middle Ages to modernity |
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390 | (19) |
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PART III Dynasty and succession |
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409 | (186) |
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411 | (9) |
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21 Anticipatory association of the heir in early modern Russia: primogeniture and succession in Russia's ruling dynasties |
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420 | (23) |
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22 From a Salic Law to the Salic Law: the creation and re-creation of the royal succession system of France |
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443 | (22) |
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23 A family affair: cultural anxiety, political debate and the nature of monarchy in seventeenth-century France and Britain |
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465 | (14) |
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24 What's in a name? Dynasty, succession and England's queens regnant(1553-2016) |
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479 | (22) |
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25 Female pharaohs in ancient Egypt |
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501 | (17) |
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26 Neither heir nor spare: childless queens and the practice of monarchy in pre-modern Europe |
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518 | (16) |
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27 Harem politics: royal women and succession crises in the ancient Near East (c. 1400--300 BCE) |
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534 | (17) |
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28 Child kings and guardianship in north-western Europe, C.1050--C.1250 |
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551 | (15) |
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29 Creating chiefs and queen mothers in Ghana: obstacles and opportunities |
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566 | (15) |
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30 Depositions of monarchs in northern European kingdoms, 1300--1700 |
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581 | (14) |
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PART IV Exercising authority and exerting influence |
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595 | (123) |
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597 | (10) |
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31 Male consorts and royal authority in the Crusader States |
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607 | (15) |
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32 Kings and nobles on the fringes of Christendom: a comparative perspective on monarchy and aristocracy in the European Middle Ages |
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622 | (14) |
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33 For better or for worse: royal marital sexuality as political critique in late medieval Europe |
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636 | (19) |
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34 The Tudor monarchy of counsel and the growth of reason of state |
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655 | (13) |
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Joanne Paul With Valerie Schutte |
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35 Ruling emotions: affective and emotional strategies of power and authority among early modern European monarchies |
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668 | (17) |
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36 From galanterie to scandal: the sexuality of the king from Louis XIV to Louis XVI |
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685 | (15) |
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37 Queen Min, foreign policy and the role of female leadership in late nineteenth-century Korea |
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700 | (18) |
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