Historical dictionary of the British monarchy / Kenneth J. Panton.
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TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxxix, 665 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780810874978
- 0810874970
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- Dictionaries
- Great Britain -- History -- Dictionaries
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY
- Courts and courtiers
- Kings and rulers
- Monarchy
- Queens
- Great Britain
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- DA28.1
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-664).
Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- Notes on names -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix I: Chronology of British monarchs -- Appendix II: British monarchs : biographical summaries -- Appendix III: Royal consorts : biographical summaries -- Appendix IV: The line of succession to the British throne -- Appendix V: Genealogies of Britain's monarchs.
Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- A note on names -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix I: Chronology of British monarchs -- Appendix II: British monarchs : biographical summaries -- Appendix III: Royal consorts : biographical summaries -- Appendix IV: The line of succession to the British throne -- Appendix V: The family tree of British monarchs.
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Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- A note on names -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix I: Chronology of British monarchs -- Appendix II: British monarchs : biographical summaries -- Appendix III: Royal consorts : biographical summaries -- Appendix IV: The line of succession to the British throne -- Appendix V: The family tree of British monarchs.
The monarch is the United Kingdom's head of state, exercising powers that are circumscribed by common law, convention, and statute law. Nowadays, many of the sovereign's functions are ceremonial but in the past the balance between ceremony and decision-making was very different.
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