The Politics of Succession: Forging Stable Monarchies in Europe, AD 1000-1800 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780192897510,0192897519,9780192651945, 0192651943

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0192651943
• ISBN-13: 9780192651945
• Author: Andrej Kokkonen, Jørgen Møller, Anders Sundell

The death of the ruler poses a significant threat to the stability of any polity. Arranging for a peaceful and orderly succession has been a formidable challenge in most historical societies, and it continues to be a test that modern authoritarian regimes regularly face and often fail. Drawing on a unique dataset of the life and fates of monarchs in all major monarchies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, The Politics of Succession documents how succession have historically been moments of violence and insecurity. Deaths of rulers were often associated with civil war, and the shadow cast by looming successions caused coups and depositions. But this book also shows that the development and spread of primogeniture – the eldest-son-taking-the-throne – mitigated the problem of succession in Europe in the period after AD 1000.

Table contents:

1. Introduction
2. The Politics of Succession
3. Conceptual Framework and Data
4. The Origins and Spread of Primogeniture
5. Civil War and International War
6. Leader Depositions
7. The Development of Parliaments
8. Family and Dynasty
9. The Politics of Succession in Comparative Perspective
10. Conclusions

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