Book contents
- Royal Heirs
- Royal Heirs
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements for the German Edition (2019)
- Acknowledgements for the English Translation (2022)
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Pledge of a Blessed Future’?
- 2 ‘And This Comedy That I Have to Perform before the World’
- 3 ‘The Affair of His People’
- 4 ‘Making the Princess Known and Securing Friends for After Times’
- 5 ‘From My Earliest Youth the Army Has Been My Absolute Love’
- Conclusion
- Appendix: List of Rulers and Heirs
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2023
- Royal Heirs
- Royal Heirs
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements for the German Edition (2019)
- Acknowledgements for the English Translation (2022)
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Pledge of a Blessed Future’?
- 2 ‘And This Comedy That I Have to Perform before the World’
- 3 ‘The Affair of His People’
- 4 ‘Making the Princess Known and Securing Friends for After Times’
- 5 ‘From My Earliest Youth the Army Has Been My Absolute Love’
- Conclusion
- Appendix: List of Rulers and Heirs
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The introduction engages the reader with the central question of the survival of monarchies within an age of dramatic change and makes a case for exploring succession as an important political resource available to monarchical systems under pressure.
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- Royal HeirsSuccession and the Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Europe, pp. 1 - 10Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023