Monarchies 1000-2000
History
312 pages : illustrations
9781780230504, 9781861890870, 1861890877, 1780230508
881281597
Introduction: the idea of monarchy
1. Asianarchetypes: Chinese absolutism and Japanese symbolism
2. Monarchy without manuscripts: Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas
3. Theocratic monarchy: Byzantium and the Islamic lands
4. The European anomaly, 1000-1500
5. Monarchy and European hegemony, 1500-1914
6. Endings and remnants: monarchy in the twentieth century
7. Monarchy and the state in the twenty-first century
Reprint. Originally published: 2001