The monarch is the United Kingdom's head of state, exercising
powers that are circumscribed by common law, convention, and
statute law. Nowadays, many of the sovereign's functions are
ceremonial but in the past the balance between ceremony and
decision-making was very different. The foundations of the modern
monarchy were laid more than a millennium ago, in Anglo-Saxon and
Celtic Britain, so its modern form is a stage in an evolution that
has been shaped by attitudes towards divorce, the changing role of
women, the democratization of society, dynastic intermarriage,
financial demands, religious convictions, struggles for economic
and political power, and territorial aggrandizement. Covering some
of the most famous figures in world history, including William the
Conqueror, Henry VIII, and Queens Victoria, Elizabeth I, and
Elizabeth II, the Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy
provides a chronology starting with the year 495 and continuing to
the present day, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography,
and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant
persons, places, events, institutions, and other aspects of British
culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is a must for
anyone interested in the British monarchy.
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