Tag: Monarchy

Free Download Abolish the Monarchy: Why we should and how we will by Graham Smith
English | November 12, 2024 | ISBN: 1804992275 | 224 pages | PDF | 1.74 Mb
It’s wrong in principle and it doesn’t work in practice. (And no, it’s not good for tourism.) It doesn’t have to be this way.

Free Download Hannah Smith, "Georgian Monarchy: Politics and Culture, 1714-1760 "
English | ISBN: 0521828767 | 2006 | 316 pages | PDF | 8 MB
This book, first published in 2006, is a revisionist account of the monarchy during the reigns of the first two Hanoverian kings of Britain, George I and George II. This detailed study of early Georgian kingship and queenship examines the rhetorical and iconographical fashioning of the dynasty, evaluates the political and social function of the early Georgian court, and provides an extensive analysis of provincial cultures of monarchism. Wide-ranging in the scope of its enquiry and interdisciplinary source material, it rejects the contention that the Georgian kings were tolerated solely on the grounds of political expediency. Instead, Hannah Smith argues that they enjoyed a rich popularity that grew out of a flourishing culture of loyalism. In doing so, she engages with key debates over the nature of early eighteenth-century British society, highlights the European context to British political thinking, and, more broadly, illuminates the functioning of cultures of power in this period.

Free Download Jaakko Sivonen, "Monarchy, Nation and the Common Good: Patriotism in Prussia, 1756-1806 "
English | ISBN: 9004710809 | 2024 | 324 pages | PDF | 29 MB
This book provides a history of Prussian state patriotism in the second half of the eighteenth century, showing that it was a movement striving for reform and greater liberty within monarchy and that it was distinct from German nationalism.

Free Download Abolish the Monarchy: Why we should and how we will by Graham Smith
English | May 4th, 2023 | ISBN: 1804992275 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 0.62 MB
It’s wrong in principle and it doesn’t work in practice. (And no, it’s not good for tourism.) It doesn’t have to be this way.

Free Download Volker Sellin, "Violence and Legitimacy: European Monarchy in the Age of Revolutions"
English | ISBN: 3110558394 | 2017 | 346 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Benjamin Constant distinguished two kinds of government: unlawful government based on violence, and legitimate government based on the general will. In Europe monarchy was for over a thousand years considered the natural form of legitimate government. The sources of its legitimacy were the dynastic principle, religion, and the ability to protect against foreign aggression. At the end of the eighteenth century the revolutions in America and France called into question the traditional legitimacy of monarchy, but Volker Sellin shows that in response to this challenge monarchy opened up new sources of legitimacy by concluding alliances with constitutionalism, nationalism, and social reform. In some cases the age of revolution brought on a new type of leader, basing his claim to power on charisma.

Free Download John Van der Kiste, "A Divided Kingdom: The Spanish Monarchy From Isabel To Juan Carlos"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0750937890 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 0.5 mb
There is little available on the dramatic and colourful history of the Spanish monarchy. Experienced author and historian John Van der Kiste provides a readable and anecdotal look at one of the key European dynasties from the nineteenth century to the present. He begins with the wayward, ill-educated Isabella II, who was forced to marry her nephew. During much of her reign power was in the hands of her generals and her exile and abdication saw the crown of Spain hawked round Europe for two years. It was briefly accepted then refused by Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – thus starting the Franco-Prussian War – and, after a short, unsuccessful stint as a republic, the monarchy was restored when Isabella’s son Alfonso XIII was chosen as King. John Van der Kiste leads us through his popular reign, the reign of his son – who married one of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters – and the socialist movement in Spain after the Great War which led to the dictatorship of Primo de Rovera. Finishing with the Spanish Civil War, the ‘reign’ of General Franco and the return of the monarchy with the present King, Juan Carlos, this is a fascinating look at the Spanish Bourbons.

Free Download After Elizabeth: Can the Monarchy Save Itself? by Ed Owens
English | November 14, 2023 | ISBN: 1399406523 | 288 pages | PDF | 4.50 Mb
The British monarchy has been through turbulent times of late. Rocked by scandal and strife, and without it seems a clear plan for the future following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we have been left wondering: what happens next?

Free Download A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia (Brief History of Asia Series) by Richard A. Ruth
English | March 15, 2022 | ISBN: 0804851212 | 352 pages | MOBI | 2.06 Mb
Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there’s much more to this popular holiday destination than many realize.

Free Download Ido Koch, "From Nomadism to Monarchy?: Revisiting the Early Iron Age Southern Levant "
English | ISBN: 1646022610 | 2023 | 340 pages | PDF | 86 MB
Archaeological exploration in the Central Highlands of the Southern Levant conducted during the 1970s and 1980s dramatically transformed the scholarly understanding of the early Iron Age and led to the publication of From Nomadism to Monarchy: Archaeological and Historical Aspects of Early Israel, by Israel Finkelstein and Nadav Na’aman. This volume explores and reassesses the legacy of that foundational text.

Free Download Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival by Omid Scobie
English | November 28th, 2023 | ISBN: 0063258668 | 416 pages | True EPUB/pdf | 32.84 MB
Endgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy-an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family.