Abstract: Monarchy and historiography. The royal biography 'revisited' Biographies of Kings and Queens have often been considered a discredited historiographical genre, particularly in the Netherlands. Wrongly so. The dynastic international networks of Kings and their role in politics provide fascinating viewpoints on national and transnational political history, changing social relations, and the cultivation of rituals. This article outlines the positive appraisal of the royal biography since the late 1980s in the Netherlands and elaborates more general...
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