ISBN10: 1847252257, ISBN13: 9781847252258, [publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
[Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Date: 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2008. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ISBN 1847252257 9781847252258 [US]

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Bloomsbury Academic, Date: 2008-09-15. hardcover. Like New. 5x1x7. Hardback--no flaws 2008. Bloomsbury Academic ISBN 1847252257 9781847252258 [US]

ISBN10: 1847252257, ISBN13: 9781847252258, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London] Softcover In the year that the English monarchy was abolished, the Prince of Wales's governor posed the poignant question: what was it that made kings different from their subjects? The answer to him was obvious, and the word that described it was 'ceremony'. From crown wearing in the Middle Ages to the jubilees of modern times the English Monarchy has always used the rituals of majesty to command the affection and loyalty of its subjects. This important and original book is the first to examine properly the ceremonial world of an English sovereign. In an age when the king still healed the sick and took his meals in front of a crowd of spectators, a sovereign's ability to carry off this public role could be as important to his success as his command of the army or management of parliament. Charles II lived through the period of the greatest political change English has ever known, witnessing revolution, regicide and restoration. At just 16 he was cast into exile. A poor relation at the court of the young Louis XIV and then the creature of Philip IV of Spain, he knew was it was to wrestle for recognition. This was his apprenticeship. With the Restoration Charles brought the lessons of exile home. The country was soon rocked by plague and fire, and his brother's conversion to Catholicism would bring it once again to the brink of civil war. ...

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