Download or read book Blanche of Navarre a play in verse written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Rise of Female Kings in Europe 1300 1800 written by William Monter and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively and pathbreaking book, William Monter sketches Europe's increasing acceptance of autonomous female rulers between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution. Monter surveys the governmental records of Europe's thirty women monarchs—the famous (Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great) as well as the obscure (Charlotte of Cyprus, Isabel Clara Eugenia of the Netherlands)—describing how each of them achieved sovereign authority, wielded it, and (more often than men) abandoned it. Monter argues that Europe's female kings, who ruled by divine right, experienced no significant political opposition despite their gender.

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Download or read book A Chronological Dictionary Or Index to the Genealogical Chart of the Royal and Distinguished Houses of Europe written by Sir Frederick Dixon- Hartland and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Royal Genealogies Or the Genealogical Tables of Emperors Kings and Princes from Adam to These Times in Two Parts Part I Begins with a Chronological History of the World from the Beginning of Time to the Christian Era and Then the Genealogies of the Earliest Great Families and Most Ancient Sovereigns of Asia Europe Africa and America Down to Charlemain and Many of em Down to These Times Part II Begins with the Grand Revolution of Charlemain and Carries on the Royal and Princely Genealogies of Europe Down to These Times Concluding with Those of the Britannic Isles By James Anderson written by James Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1732 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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