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Blood Royal - Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (Paperback)
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Blood Royal - Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (Paperback)
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Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the
way that politics worked in most countries. This meant power was in
the hands of a family - a dynasty; that politics was family
politics; and political life was shaped by the births, marriages
and deaths of the ruling family. How did the dynastic system cope
with female rule, or pretenders to the throne? How did dynasties
use names, the numbering of rulers and the visual display of
heraldry to express their identity? And why did some royal families
survive and thrive, while others did not? Drawing on a rich and
memorable body of sources, this engaging and original history of
dynastic power in Latin Christendom and Byzantium explores the role
played by family dynamics and family consciousness in the politics
of the royal and imperial dynasties of Europe. From royal marriages
and the birth of sons, to female sovereigns, mistresses and wicked
uncles, Robert Bartlett makes enthralling sense of the complex web
of internal rivalries and loyalties of the ruling dynasties and
casts fresh light on an essential feature of the medieval world.
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