{"product_id":"behind-the-throne-key-people-in-england-during-the-period-of-absolute-monarchy-886-1688-9781919539003","title":"Behind the Throne: Key people in England during the period of absolute monarchy (886-1688)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Chris Sedgwick\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Eightsongs Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Eightsongs Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book covers English history from the late ninth century, when England was being unified into a single country, to the late seventeenth century, when it abolished absolute monarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is focused, not on monarchs or wars, but on the most powerful or creative men and women who were not monarchs (although including some consorts) - from Dunstan of Glastonbury to William Marshal, Robert Grosseteste to Robert Hooke, Eleanor of Aquitaine to Philippa of Hainault, Simon de Montfort to John Lilburne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the start of this period, there was an unwritten and variable justice system (including trial by ordeal), a peripatetic government without efficient administration, laws promulgated by royal charters, and a mindset which believed everything bad was caused by divine retribution for sinfulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of this period, there was a codified evidence-based legal system, relatively effective administration, parliamentary control of legislation and a widespread acceptance that government should be representative rather than autocratic. There was rapidly rising literacy, a developing economy, and the start of a scientific approach to solving problems and gaining knowledge. These developments were invariably conceived, initiated and implemented by people 'behind the throne'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eightsongs Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890887508119,"sku":"9781919539003","price":1818.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781919539003.webp?v=1781181710","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/behind-the-throne-key-people-in-england-during-the-period-of-absolute-monarchy-886-1688-9781919539003","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}