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A composite monarchy (or composite state) is a historical category, introduced by H. G. Koenigsberger in 1975 and popularised by Sir John H. Elliott, that describes early modern states consisting of several countries under one ruler, sometimes designated as a personal union, who governs his territories as if they were separate kingdoms, in ...
Aug 31, 2023 · composite monarchy (plural composite monarchies) (politics, historical) A type of monarchy, common in Europe during the early modern period, in which a single ruler governed several territories as if they were separate kingdoms, each with its own local traditions and legal structures.
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If sixteenth-century Europe was a Europe of composite states, coexisting with a myriad of smaller territorial and jurisdictional units jealously guarding their independent status, its history needs to be assessed from this standpoint rather than from that of the society of unitary nation states that it was later to become. It is
The concept of composite monarchy (H. G. Koenigsberger and J. H. Elliott) is employed as a heuristic instrument for investigating such issues as the functionality of the Habsburg polity, the social relationships that underlay it, and the asymmetries in its structures.
ABSTRACT. All multiple kingdoms are composite monarchies, but not all composite monarchies are multiple kingdoms. The confusion between the two seems to have been perpetrated by James VI and I, in his speech to the English Parliament in 1607.
Dec 21, 2017 · The quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy: Review on Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin. BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 132 (4), 85–92. https://doi.org/10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10419. More Citation Formats.
They introduced the concept ofthe 'Composite monarchy', or 'Composite state', consisting of several distinct principalities, each with its own customs, laws, traditions and par-· ticularities that survived dynastic unification for a very long time.
