C. Brice pose la question du lien entre politisation et intégration nationale autour de la monarchie, et se demande si celle-ci fait bien partie, en Italie, de l'imaginaire politique. Loin d'incarner une représentation archaïque du pouvoir, les souverains forgent un lien symboli…
"This book weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the twentieth century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that sh…
How did the kings of England and France govern their kingdoms? This volume, the product of a ten-year international project, brings together specialists in late medieval England and France to explore the multiple mechanisms by which monarchs exercised their power in the final ce…
Why do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign borrowers who promptly go bankrupt? When can this type of lending work? As the United States and many European nations struggle with mountains of debt, historical precedents can offer valuable insights. Lending to the Borrowe…
The widespread notion that Romans hated monarchy (odium regni) ever since the beginning of the Republic runs counter to the many positive connotations they attributed to reges and regnum. This study takes this contradiction as its point of departure and shows how Romans could co…
Biographical note: Reinhard G. Kratz andHermann Spieckermann, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Die jüngere archäologische und bibelwissenschaftliche Forschung stellt das traditionelle Bild der Geschichte des antiken Israel infrage. Der vorliegende Band führt neueste Forschungsergebnisse beider Wissenschaftsdisziplinen zusammen un. Recent archaeological and biblical resea…
The three Richards who ruled England in the Middle Ages were among the most controversial and celebrated of its rulers. This biography shows how much the three kings had in common, apart from their names.
