Table of Contents

1. Historians and the modern British monarchy Andrzej Olechnowicz; Part I. 2. Whig monarchy, whig nation: the representative function of modern monarchy since 1780 Jonathan Parry; 3. The feminization of the monarchy since 1780 Clarissa Campbell Orr; 4. The monarchy and Ireland under the Union James Loughlin; Part II. 5. Bagehot's republicanism David Craig; 6. Power and authority in the late-Victorian and Edwardian court Michael Bentley; 7. An upper-class monarchy and popular republicanism Anthony Taylor; Part III. 8. The monarchy and public values, 1900–1953 Philip Williamson; 9. The monarchy and film Jeffrey Richards; 10. 'A jealous hatred': royal popularity and social inequality Andrzej Olechnowicz.

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About the Author

Andrzej Olechnowicz is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Durham. He is the author of Working-Class Housing in England between the Wars: The Becontree Estate (1997).

Reviews

'This is a stimulating collection both in what it analyses and in the questions it puts.' Contemporary Review