Monarchy and Exile: The Politics of Legitimacy from Marie de Médicis to Wilhelm II

by PhilipMansel (Editor), TorstenRiotte (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2011

  $171.19

  Using detailed studies of fifteen exiled royal figures, the role of Exile in European Society and in the evolution of national cultures is examined. From the Jacobite court to the exiled Kings' of Hanover, the book provides an alternative history of monarchical power from the 16th to 20th century.