Royal Heirs: Succession and the Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Europe Mller Frank Lorenz
Royal Heirs: Succession and the Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Europe Mller Frank Lorenz Against the odds, monarchies flourished in nineteenth-century Europe. Royal Heirs focuses on the…
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Royal Heirs: Succession and the Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Europe Mller Frank Lorenz
Against the odds, monarchies flourished in nineteenth-century Europe. Royal Heirs focuses on the roles and personalities of the heirs to the throne from more than a dozen different dynasties that ruled the continent between the French Revolution and the end of the First World War. In an era marked by dramatic change and revolutionary upheaval, Europe's monarchies experienced an unexpected late flowering.
Constitutions, family relationships, education, politics, the media, the need to generate 'soft power' and the militarisation of monarchy all shaped the lives of princes and princesses while they were playing their part to embody and secure the future of monarchy. The book explores how these individuals contributed to the remarkable survival of the crowns they were born to wear. Ranging from Norway to Spain and from Greece to Britain, Royal Heirs not only paints a vivid picture of a