Title Historical dictionary of the British monarchy / Kenneth J. Panton.

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Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (xxxix, 665 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-664).
Note	Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- Notes on names -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix I: Chronology of British monarchs -- Appendix II: British monarchs : biographical summaries -- Appendix III: Royal consorts : biographical summaries -- Appendix IV: The line of succession to the British throne -- Appendix V: Genealogies of Britain's monarchs.
	Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- A note on names -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix I: Chronology of British monarchs -- Appendix II: British monarchs : biographical summaries -- Appendix III: Royal consorts : biographical summaries -- Appendix IV: The line of succession to the British throne -- Appendix V: The family tree of British monarchs.
Contents	Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- A note on names -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix I: Chronology of British monarchs -- Appendix II: British monarchs : biographical summaries -- Appendix III: Royal consorts : biographical summaries -- Appendix IV: The line of succession to the British throne -- Appendix V: The family tree of British monarchs.
Summary	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.
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Subject	Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
	Great Britain.
	Kings and rulers.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Dictionaries.
Subject	Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
	Queens.
	Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
	Courts and courtiers.
	Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- Dictionaries.
	Monarchy.
	History.
	Great Britain -- History -- Dictionaries.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
	Dictionaries.
	Biographies.
Other Form:	Print version: Historical dictionary of the British monarchy Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2011. 9780810857797 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2010038859
ISBN	9780810874978 ebook
	0810874970
	9780810857797 cloth alkaline paper
	0810857790 cloth alkaline paper

Title Historical dictionary of the British monarchy / Kenneth J. Panton.

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