Unsteady Crowns Purdue A.W.
Unsteady Crowns Purdue A.W. War and austerity, unrest and revolution: the institution of monarchy has remained stalwart through every challenge leveled at it, but just what is its role and how secure…
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Unsteady Crowns Purdue A.W.
War and austerity, unrest and revolution: the institution of monarchy has remained stalwart through every challenge leveled at it, but just what is its role and how secure is its future in our modern society?At the beginning of the twentieth century, monarchy was by far the most common form of government: emperors sat on the thrones of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Persia, Japan, China, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, while there were kings of Bulgaria, Serbia, Italy, Romania, Greece, Korea and Cambodia. That prediction has not come true, for there remain monarchs across the globe. After he lost his throne in 1952, King Farouk of Egypt predicted that by the end of the century there would be only five kings: the kings of hearts, aces, clubs and spades, and the King of England.
The number of monarchies has appreciably diminished, yet the idea continues to have