{"product_id":"monarchies-1000-2000-w-m-spellman-9781780230504","title":"Monarchies 1000-2000","description":"\u003ci\u003eMonarchies 1000 -2000\u003c\/i\u003e surveys a form of government whose legitimacy rests not on voluntary consensus but on age-old custom, heredity and\/or religious sanction. Global in scope and comparative in approach, W. M. Spellman's survey establishes connections between monarchy as idea and practice in a variety of historical and cultural contexts across a millennium when the system was without serious rival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpellman examines the intellectual assumptions behind different models of monarchy, tracing the ways in which each of these assumptions shifted in response to historical factors. While no human institution has retreated as rapidly in the modern period, monarchy's remarkable longevity invites us to weigh the significance of hierarchy, subordination and dependence as constants of the human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. M. Spellman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780230508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780230504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d","brand":"W. M. Spellman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994428899583,"sku":"9781780230504","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_864c0053-6b27-4c4f-9d0a-9165d8afc9f9.jpg?v=1683330097","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monarchies-1000-2000-w-m-spellman-9781780230504","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}