1st Edition
Deposing Monarchs Domestic Conflict and State Formation, 1500-1700
Part I
Chapter 1: A Specific Form of Conflict: Deposing Monarchs
1.1 Political Conflict and State Formation
1.2 Early Modern Rule
1.3 Northern European Kingdoms
Chapter 2: Depositions in Scandinavia
2.1 Scandinavia 1500
2.2 John II
2.3 Christian II
2.4 Erik XIV
2.5 Sigismund
2.6 Scandinavia 1600
Chapter 3: Depositions in the British Isles
3.1 The British Isles in 1500
3.2 Jane Grey
3.3 Mary Stuart
3.4 Charles I
3.5 James II/VII
3.6 The British Isles in 1700
Part II
Chapter 4: Kings and Queens, Rivals, and the Rest of the Kingdom
Chapter 5: Motivations – Official and Unofficial
Chapter 6: A How-to-Guide to Depositions
Chapter 7: Dynamics and Natural Phenomena
Part III
Chapter 8: Consensus or God-Given Rule?
Chapter 9: Re-Defining Political Conditions
Chapter 10: Conflict as a Tool for Understanding Early Modern Rule, 1500-1700
Biography
Cathleen Sarti is a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on political culture in Northern Europe, and she has published several books on monarchical studies, cultural history, and historiography.
Reviews of this book include:
- By Helmut Gabel, Sehepunkt.
- By Hannes Ziegler, Historisches Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, H-Soz-Kult
