Monarchy and exile: the politics of legitimacy from Marie de Médicis to Wilhelm II

Monarchy and exile: the politics of legitimacy from Marie de Médicis to Wilhelm II

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Using detailed studies of fifteen exiled royal figures, the role of Exile in European Society and in the evolution of national cultures is examined. From the Jacobite court to the exiled Kings' of Hanover, the book provides an alternative history of monarchical power from the 16th to 20th century. PHILIP MANSEL is Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research in London,UK, and the Royal Historical Society and is editor of 'The Court Historian', the journal of the Society for Court Studies. He has authored nine books on French history, including biographies of Louis XVIII and the Prince de Ligne, and a history of Paris between Empires 1814-1852. . TORSTEN RIOTTE is Lecturer in History at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. Educated at Cologneand Cambridge, he worked at the German Historical Institute London, and is co-editor of 'The Hanoverian Dimension in British history', and 'The Diplomats' World: A Cultural History of Diplomacy'. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Notes on Contributors - Introduction: Monarchical exile; 'P.Mansel' & 'T.Riotte' - PART I: VARIETIES OF EXILE - A Queen Mother in exile; 'T.Osborne' - Gender, exile and The Hague courts of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Mary, Princess of Orange; 'A.Hughes' - A life in exile;'W.O'Reilly' - Emigrated or Exiled?; 'F.Tóth' - PART II: THE STUART CASE - 'The Shadow of a King?'; 'A.Keay' - Exile or homecoming?; 'K.Britland' - Monarchy and exile; 'J.Cronin' - The extended exile of James III; 'E.Corp' - PART III: FRENCH EXILES - From exile to the throne; 'P.Mansel - 'Napoleon on Elba; 'P.Hicks' - The Politics of Waiting; 'H.Mehrkens - 'PART IV: NATION-BUILDING - The Bourbons of Naples in exile; 'G.Stair Sainty - ''To My Loyal Saxons!'; 'J.Retallack' - Hanoverian exile and Prussian governance; 'T.Riotte' - Epilogue: Kaiser Wilhelm II - 'The Unicorn in winter'; 'J.C.G.Röhl - 'Index

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-24905-9
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 376
  • Fecha Publicación: 21/10/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés