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Realms of Royalty – New Directions in Researching Contemporary European Monarchies - Imke Polland - Bog - Transcript Verlag - Plusbog.dk

The volume offers interdisciplinary case studies on cultural phenomena revolving around contemporary European monarchies and representations of royalty.

DKK 534.00

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America's Royalty - Sandra Quinn Musgrove - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

The book is a good read, but it also serves an historical function. Aside from the fact that the book is informative, reading about the lives of the children of America's chief executives is like peering into a moment of the American equivalent of royalty.

DKK 697.00

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Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty - Ralph Thomas Kam - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The bones of Hawaii''s King Kamehameha the Great were hidden at night in a secret location. In contrast, his successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile-long funeral procession to the Royal Tomb watched by thousands. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in funerary practices for Hawaiian royalty and details the observance of each royal death beginning with that of Kamehameha in 1819. Funeral observances of Western royalty provided an extravagant model for their Hawaiian counterparts yet many indigenous practices endured. Mourners no longer knocked out their teeth or tattooed their tongues but mass wailing, feather standards and funeral dirges continued well into the 20th century. Dozens of historic drawings and photographs provide rare glimpses of the obsequies of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua dynasties. Descriptions of the burial sites provide locations of the final resting places of Hawaii''s royalty.

DKK 429.00

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Reflections on British Royalty - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

In this original volume, Jennifer J. Purcell and Fiona Courage curate and contextualize the rich archival materials of social research organisation Mass-Observation on the British popular imagination of the monarchy and the royal family between 1937 and 2022. From the coronation of George VI in 1937 to Elizabeth II''s death – via war, weddings, a jubilee and a tragedy – this book incorporates everything from diaries and detailed responses to questionnaires, internal organisational documents and published reports on popular attitudes to royalty in order to reveal the complex nature of Britain’s relationship with its monarchy in the modern era.How does the British public imagine the monarchy and its role in British society and governance? What is the relationship between the British people and the Crown? Using material from Mass-Observation, which has been asking these questions for over 80 years, Reflections on British Royalty gets to the heart of these issues and more besides.

DKK 697.00

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At Home with Royalty - Schiffer Publishing - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Who hasn’t dreamed of spending a night in a castle? A heavenly bed, creaking floorboards, silk wallpaper, glittering chandeliers, expansive grounds, and, for good measure, discreet service, fulfilling wishes before you have said a word. Anyone looking for a bit of luxury treatment will find the perfect opportunity in one of Europe’s many historic castles: numerous ones have been converted into excellent hotels, where guests are considered royalty. This book transports you to elegant lords’ homes and extensive vineyards, offering a glimpse behind medieval walls and into baroque staterooms. Its pages are sumptuously filled with nearly 500 magnificent images, castle hotel-booking information, historical and cultural anecdotes, hotel gastronomy overviews, and more. Travel to historic country estates with walls that tell stories of times when these were homes for high nobility and where guests can still feel like royalty today.

DKK 534.00

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AMERICAN ROYALTY - - Bog - Artvoices Art Books - Plusbog.dk

In the 1990s New York, the information Superhighway was a deer path through the vast woods. A time when Paparazzi wasn’t a bad word, and Agents, Managers and PR people would invite the photographers to their events in hopes that we would photograph their celebrity client to run in the gossip section of New York City''s nightlife publications. I was a photographer in search of celebrities and had to speculate, guess, and make judgment calls about where and when they would make an appearance. I networked with Doormen, Groupies, Party Crashers, Chauffeurs, Editors, Writers, Business Owners, and Bartenders, and that was to receive information which was spotty at best. I knew that certain letters (CLS) on the license plate meant a celebrity car service as opposed to a regular black car. I knew the back doors of the Plaza hotel, the escalator in the rear of the Ritz Carlton, where the SNL cast would go for drinks after wrap, or when the guests arrived for the Letterman show, and the side door they would go through. After I captured the image the celebrity portrait was published in my column in Black Book magazine. The negatives, the leftover prints, or the slides went into a shoebox and a cardboard container and was forgotten. Life was good, then Princess Di happened, and we all had to stand behind a barrier and then the iPhone happened and now we are known as the paparazzi. Then the Twin Towers fell, and NYC went through a collective mourning. American Royalty is comprised of the images in the shoebox, all shot on film and with Celebrities who welcomed my lens and the attention.

DKK 419.00

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Talking of the Royal Family - Michael Billig - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

To talk about royalty is to talk of many things: privilege, equality, nationality, morality, family life, parenting, divorce, the media and more. Important themes and issues flow through the seemingly trivial everyday chatter about royalty. Now with a new preface, Talking of the Royal Family was the first serious full-length study of royalty to emerge from this rhetorical perspective and remains relevant today.

DKK 594.00

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The Origin of Heresy - Robert M. Royalty - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity. Where does this notion come from? This book traces the construction of the idea of ‘heresy’ in the rhetoric of ideological disagreements in Second Temple Jewish and early Christian texts and in the development of the polemical rhetoric against ‘heretics,’ called heresiology. Here, author Robert Royalty argues, one finds the origin of what comes to be labelled ‘heresy’ in the second century. In other words, there was such as thing as ‘heresy’ in ancient Jewish and Christian discourse before it was called ‘heresy.’ And by the end of the first century, the notion of heresy was integral to the political positioning of the early orthodox Christian party within the Roman Empire and the range of other Christian communities. This book is an original contribution to the field of Early Christian studies. Recent treatments of the origins of heresy and Christian identity have focused on the second century rather than on the earlier texts including the New Testament. The book further makes a methodological contribution by blurring the line between New Testament Studies and Early Christian studies, employing ideological and post-colonial critical methods.

DKK 505.00

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My Life as a Mankiewicz - Tom Mankiewicz - Bog - The University Press of Kentucky - Plusbog.dk

Mankiewicz ( All About Eve [1950], Guys and Dolls [1955], Cleopatra [1963]) and the nephew of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz was genuine Hollywood royalty.

DKK 446.00

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Ira Aldridge - Bernth Lindfors - Bog - Boydell & Brewer Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This book describes the "glory years" of Ira Aldridge's first Continental tour, during which he won more awards and honors, often conferred by royalty, than any other actor of his day.

DKK 584.00

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Royalty Who Wait - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Only seven European monarchies remain intact today; all are constitutional monarchies. Four empires and 16 kingdoms have disappeared in Europe during the last two centuries. The Bourbon kingdom in France vanished first, in 1830; the Greek kingdom most recently, in 1973. Former sovereigns still consider themselves to be kings. Princes, dukes and counts remain, possessed of far-reaching connections to currently reigning monarchs. For some of them the path to headship of the royal houses has been complicated, taking many twists and turns. Two world wars caused the greatest attrition in monarchies. Exile has been bitter for some, happier for others, but in and out of exile the heads of royal families live well. Many are successful in business and as financiers. Many are enthusiastic followers of sports. Some manage large estates; others are still trying to regain royal properties. The chapters are arranged in the chronological order in which the kingdoms disappeared. This book profiles twenty-one heads of formerly regnant houses of Europe, set in historical perspective, and recounting varied life styles, occupations, and interests. At the end of each chapter is a chart or set of charts depicting the line of succession of the headship of the house.

DKK 429.00

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Rituals of Royalty - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Heads of states mark their rites of passage with splendid ceremonial. The essays in this book ñ all specially written for it ñ address the central problem in the understanding of royal rituals, namely the relation between power and anthropologists. The traditional societies examined range from ancient Babylon to nineteenth-century Madagascar.

DKK 401.00

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American Royalty - M. Corrigan - Bog - Palgrave USA - Plusbog.dk

If Hillary Clinton won the Democratic Party nomination in 2008, it would continue a trend of a Bush or a Clinton being on a national presidential ticket for the last 28 years in the United States. Never before in the history of the nation have two families dominated the political process in such a manner. This two-family domination has endangered the American presidency as a representative institution and has allowed personal, family issues to dominate policymaking at a crucial time in American history. The problems with the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2008 and the current struggles of the second Bush presidency should give pause to those Americans who are contemplating a second Clinton presidency or a third Bush presidency. By examining the political careers of three Bushes (George H.W., George W. and Jeb) and two Clintons (Bill and Hillary), this book will highlight the problems and the consequences of combining the most powerful political office in the world with family legacies.

DKK 434.00

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Spirits of the Place - John Clifford Holt - Bog - University of Hawai'i Press - Plusbog.dk

Helps you understand the religious culture in Laos and Southeast Asia. This book presents an overview of Lao Buddhism and analyses how shifting political power - from royalty to democracy to communism - has impacted Lao religious culture.

DKK 623.00

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The Monuments of Piedras Negras, an Ancient Maya City - Flora Simmons Clancy - Bog - University of New Mexico Press - Plusbog.dk

Patronized by royalty between the sixth and eighth centuries, the monuments of Guatemala's ancient Maya city of Piedras Negras were carved by sculptors with remarkable skills and virtuosity. This title discusses the known monuments of the city sequentially by reigns.

DKK 475.00

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Royal Portraits in Hollywood - Deborah C. Mitchell - Bog - The University Press of Kentucky - Plusbog.dk

Filmmakers from the silent era onward have displayed a deep fascination with the lives of royalty and with queens in particular. Drawing on films from the 1930s onwards, this book investigates the ways in which these films reproduce history and represent women.

DKK 407.00

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Read On...Historical Fiction - Brad Hooper - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Hundreds of popular historical fiction titles are described and categorized according to their underlying appeal features, and under topics and themes you'll never find in the library catalog—women with true grit, greatest war stories, royalty rules, quick reads, humor, and many others.

DKK 405.00

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Hunters, Heroes, Kings - Hallie M. Franks - Bog - American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Plusbog.dk

This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander the Great.

DKK 651.00

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African Royal Court Art - Michele Coquet - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk

Grounding its analysis in the social/historical context of traditional royalty systems, this text examines the roles played by artisans, nobles, and kings in the production of royal objects of African court arts. It reconstructs the cultural connections between art, representation and the king.

DKK 574.00

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Citizen Portrait - Tarnya Cooper - Bog - Yale University Press - Plusbog.dk

For much of early modern history, the opportunity to be immortalized in a portrait was explicitly tied to social class: only landed elites and royalty had the money and power to commission such an endeavour. This book examines the patronage and production of portraits in Tudor and Jacobean England.

DKK 476.00

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Alterations of State - Richard Mccoy - Bog - Columbia University Press - Plusbog.dk

During the English reformation, writers like John Skelton, Shakespeare, John Milton, and Andrew Marvell grappled with the idea of kingship and royalty, its real presence and figurative power. McCoy explains why religious devotion to the royal person became both more acute and more problematic during England's turbulent seventeenth century.

DKK 561.00

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Stone Fidelity - Jessica (royalty Account) Barker - Bog - Boydell & Brewer Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Pioneering investigation of the popular "double tomb" effigies in the Middle Ages.

DKK 727.00

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Britain Revealed - Diana Cordea - Bog - Trivent Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Providing well-organised material on the UK’s history, geography, literature, royalty and society, Diana Cordea’s Britain Revealed is a condensed and easy to read book about all things British. It is an excellent user-friendly reference for prospective visitors to the UK, Anglophiles, or readers wishing to understand popular British culture.

DKK 653.00

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Papacy, Monarchy and Marriage 860–1600 - David D'avray - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

This comprehensive survey of royal marriage cases across seven centuries explores how popes dealt with the marriage problems of kings, especially dissolutions and dispensations. It seeks to unveil a rationale for papal involvement in royal marriages and to show the significance of the relationship between the church, royalty and marriage.