Frank Lorenz Muller (Scotland University of St Andrews)

Royal Heirs

Succession and the Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Europe

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Produktbeschreibung

Against the odds, monarchies flourished in nineteenth-century Europe. Royal Heirs paints a vivid picture of this late flowering. It focuses on what the heirs to the throne contributed to this phenomenon, and how monarchies succeeded in adapting to change and defending their position.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 375
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 160mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9781316512913
• ISBN-10: 1316512916
• Artikelnr.: 64230571

Autorenporträt

Frank Lorenz Müller is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. Between 2012 and 2017, he led a major research project on the role of heirs in nineteenth-century monarchies. His publications include Britain and the German Question (2002), Our Fritz. Emperor Frederick III and the Political Culture of Imperial Germany (2011) and, as co-editor, Royal Heirs and the Uses of Soft Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe (2016). He is founder-editor of the 'Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy'.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. 'Pledge of a blessed future': royal heirs in the nineteenth century
2. 'And this comedy that I have to perform before the world': royal heirs as sons and husbands
3. 'The affair of his people': the education of royal heirs in the nineteenth century
4. 'Making the Princess known and securing friends for after times': royal heirs in politics, press and the public sphere
5. 'From my earliest youth the army has been my absolute love': royal heirs and the militarisation of the monarchy
Conclusion
Appendix: List of rulers and heirs.