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Here you will find articles that deal with different aspects of the English monarchy and its relationship with the people of the British Isles.
Britannia to England
How a single monarchy gradually gained control over the whole country.
The French connection
Why, out of at least five claimants, the throne went to a Norman in 1066.
Power and the people
Some of the most important documents in early English constitutional history.
The cross and the crown
How Henry VIII unleashed a subversive philosophy that would challenge the monarchs who followed him.
Divine rights and wrongs
How the absolutism of the Tudors succumbed to the will of Parliament.
The Glorious Revolution
The second Conquest, but this time, a Dutch king was invited to take over.
Revolutions and the monarchy
How the American and French revolutions inspired a reform movement in Britain.
The humiliation of William IV and the triumph of reform
Why a king had to be humiliated before a vital piece of legislation could be passed.
The Age of Albert, the uncrowned king of Victorian Britain
How Prince Albert's relationship with Victoria, and his modernising influence, transformed the monarchy.
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