Monarchy From the Middle Ages to Modernity |
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| Author:
| Starkey, David |
| Narrated by:
| Starkey, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4074-0793-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Recorded Books, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Memory Stick Memory Card |
| List Price: | USD $1.00 |
Book Description:
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The crown of England is the oldest surviving political institution in Europe. Throughout this book Dr David Starkey emphasises the Crown's endless capacity to adapt to circumstances and reshape national policy, whilst he unmasks the personalities and achievements, the defeats and victories, which lie behind the kings and queens of British history. Each of these monarchs has contributed to the religion, geography, laws, language and government which we live with today. Monarchy...
More DescriptionThe crown of England is the oldest surviving political institution in Europe. Throughout this book Dr David Starkey emphasises the Crown's endless capacity to adapt to circumstances and reshape national policy, whilst he unmasks the personalities and achievements, the defeats and victories, which lie behind the kings and queens of British history. Each of these monarchs has contributed to the religion, geography, laws, language and government which we live with today. Monarchy demonstrates exactly how these states were arrived at, how these monarchs subtly influenced each other, which battles were won and why, whose whim or failure caused religious tradition to wither or flourish, and which monarchs, through their acumen, strength and single minded determination, came to enforce the laws of England.