Overview
- Collates fascinating studies of the soft-power mechanisms used by nineteenth-century monarchies
- Demonstrates how perceptions of royals today are influenced by this historical monarchical culture
- Offers an original perspective on the roles played throughout society by heirs to the throne
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy (PSMM)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Conduits of Communication
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Persuading Sceptical Audiences
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Emotional Appeals
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Dynastic Identities
Keywords
About this book
This volume brings together a fascinating selection of studies exploring the soft power tools used by heirs to the throne in order to enhance the communication of monarchies with their audiences during the nineteenth-century. How we perceive royals and their dynasties today – as families, as celebrities, as charitable figureheads of society or as superfluous relics of a bygone age – has deep roots in the monarchical cultures of nineteenth-century Europe. By focusing on the role played by heirs to the throne, this volume offers an original perspective on the ability of monarchies to persuade sceptical audiences, nourish positive emotions and thereby strengthen the position of each dynasty within its respective nation. Using examples from Britain, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Greece, Sweden, Norway and Prussia, an international team of experts analyzes and explains the development of the very soft power tools which are still being used by Ruling Houses today.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Frank Lorenz Müller teaches Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He works on nineteenth-century European history and specializes in the history of monarchy. In 2011 he published Our Fritz: Emperor Frederick III and the Political Culture of Imperial Germany.
Heidi Mehrkens is Lecturer in Late Modern History at the University of Aberdeen, UK. She focuses on nineteenth-century European histories of monarchy, media and political cultures. In 2008 she published Statuswechsel. Kriegserfahrung und nationale Wahrnehmung im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870-71.
Together they edited Sons and Heirs: Succession and Political Culture in Nineteenth-Century Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Royal Heirs and the Uses of Soft Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Editors: Frank Lorenz Müller, Heidi Mehrkens
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59206-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59208-8Published: 23 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-93002-9Published: 13 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59206-4Published: 15 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2947-5864
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5872
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 319
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Modern Europe, Political History, Modern History, Cultural History