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Monarchies and the Great War

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Editors:
  1. Matthew Glencross

    1. King's College London , London, UK

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  2. Judith Rowbotham

    1. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK

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  • Provides the first edited collection to exclusively examine the role of monarchy in war
  • Challenges the notion that loss in the Great War meant loss of throne
  • Offers essays by international scholars using previously unexplored resources

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy (PSMM)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Matthew Glencross, Judith Rowbotham, Christopher Brennan
    Pages 1-39

  3. The British Royal Family and the Making of the War-Time Anglo-American Relationship

    • Erik Goldstein
    Pages 41-65

  4. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, the German Command and Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1914–1915

    • Jonathan Boff
    Pages 67-85

  5. ‘Hesitant Heir and Reluctant Ruler’: Karl I/IV of Austria-Hungary During the Great War

    • Christopher Brennan
    Pages 87-119

  6. Contextualising the Ottoman Dynasty: Sultan Mehmed V Reşad and the Ottoman Princes in the Great War

    • Mustafa Serdar Palabıyık
    Pages 121-151

  7. A Cause of Tension? The Leadership of King George V: Visiting the Western Front

    • Matthew Glencross
    Pages 153-189

  8. ‘How To Be Useful in War Time’ Queen Mary’s Leadership in the War Effort 1914–1918

    • Judith Rowbotham
    Pages 191-223

  9. The Victorious King: The Role of Victor Emmanuel III in the Great War

    • Valentina Villa
    Pages 225-249

  10. Albert I, King of the Belgians: A ‘Neutral’ Sovereign and Commander

    • William Philpott
    Pages 251-276

  11. Monarchy, the Armed Services and Royal Alliances: The Case of Britain and Japan, 1902–1975

    • Antony Best
    Pages 277-296

  12. Epilogue

    • Judith Rowbotham, Matthew Glencross
    Pages 297-303

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 305-332
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About this book

This volume challenges the traditional view that the First World War represents a pivotal turning point in the long history of monarchy, suggesting the picture is significantly more complex. Using a comparative approach, it explores the diverse roles played by monarchs during the Great War, and how these met the expectations of the monarchic institution in different states at a time of such crisis. Its contributors not only explore less familiar narratives, including the experiences of monarchs in Belgium and Italy, as well as the Austro-Hungarian, Japanese and Ottoman Empires, but also cast fresh light on more familiar accounts. In doing so, this book moves away from the conventional view that monarchy showed itself irrelevant in the Great War, by drawing on new approaches to diplomatic and international history - ones informed by cultural contextualization for instance - while grounding the research behind each chapter in a wide range of contemporary sources The chapters providean innovative revisiting of the actual role of monarchy at this crucial period in European (indeed, global) history, and are framed by a substantial introductory chapter where the key factors explaining the survival or collapse of dynasties, and of the individuals occupying these thrones, are considered in a wide-ranging set of reflections that highlight the extent of common experiences as well as the differences. 

Reviews

“In Monarchies and the Great War, the latest volume in the ‘Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy’ series, Matthew Glencross and Judith Rowbotham have assembled nine chapters that seek to determine how monarchy ‘performed ... [and] was perceived to perform’ amidst total war … . this is a very welcome and thought-provoking contribution to an oft-neglected field.” (Jonathan Triffitt, Royal Studies Journal, Vol. 6 (1), 2019)

Editors and Affiliations

  • King's College London , London, UK

    Matthew Glencross

  • Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK

    Judith Rowbotham

About the editors

Matthew Glencross is a Royal and Constitutional historian in the Department of Political Economy, King’s College London, UK. His previous publications include The Royal Tours of Edward VII: Reinventing Royal Diplomacy for the Twentieth Century (Palgrave, 2015) and the co-edited collection The Windsor Dynasty 1910 to the Present:'Long to Reign Over Us'? (Palgrave, 2016).


Judith Rowbotham is Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth, UK, and Director and co-founder of the SOLON network. She has published widely in the areas of law, cultural, social and legal history including Crime News in Modern Britain: Press Reporting and Responsibility 1820-2010 (Palgrave, 2013) and co-editing The Windsor Dynasty 1910 to the Present: 'Long to Reign Over Us'? (Palgrave, 2016).

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