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Making Sense of Constitutional Monarchism in Post-Napoleonic France and Germany 2013th Edition
Author(s): M. Prutsch (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 3 Dec. 2012
- Edition: 2013th
- Language: English
- Print length: 349 pages
- ISBN-10: 0230316492
- ISBN-13: 9780230316492
Book Description
Focusing on the genesis of ‘constitutional monarchism’ in the context of the French Restoration and its favourable reception in post-Napoleonic Germany, this study highlights the potential and limitations of a daring attempt to improve traditional forms of monarchical legitimacy by means of a modern representative constitution.
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About the Author
MARKUS J. PRUTSCH holds degrees in History and Political Science. He received his Ph.D. from the European University Institute Florence, Italy. In 2009 he was awarded the Bruno-Kreisky-Prize for Political Literature. Researcher at the University of Helsinki from 2009 to 2012, he is now senior research administrator at the European Parliament in Brussels.
