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The Duchy of Franconia (Middle High German: Herzogtuom Franken) was one of the five stem duchies of East Francia and the medieval Kingdom of Germany emerging in the early 10th century. The word Franconia, first used in a Latin charter of 1053, was applied like the words Francia , France , and Franken , to a portion of the land occupied by the ...
The government of the Kingdom of England in the Middle Ages was a monarchy based on the principles of feudalism. The king possessed ultimate executive, legislative, and judicial power. However, some limits to the king's authority had been imposed by the 13th century.
Itinerant kings depicted in a medieval church painting, Dädesjö Old Church, Sweden. An itinerant court was a migratory form of government shared in European kingdoms during the Early Middle Ages. It was an alternative to having a capital city, a permanent political center governed by a kingdom.
Name Capital State type Existed Alba (Scotland) Clogher Kingdom 900–1286 AD Cait: Tribal kingdom 25–871 AD Ce: Tribal kingdom 1st century–900 AD Dal Riada: Dunadd Kingdom 501–878 AD Fortriu: Tribal kingdom 1–850 AD Galloway: Kingdom c. 1000–1234 AD Gododdin: Kingdom 5th–8th centuries AD Mann and Isles: Kingdom 848–1266 AD Moray ...
Xia Kingdom (2070 BC–1600 BC) Shang Kingdom (c. 1600–1046 BC) Late Bronze Age. Mitanni Kingdom (c. 1500 BC–c. 1300 BC) Kingdom of Arzawa (c. 1500 BC–c. 1200 BC) Phoenicia (1200 BC–539 BC) Iron Age. Sindhu-Sauvīra (1300 BC- 518 BC) Magadha Kingdom (until 320 BC) Colchis (–164 BC) Kingdom of Phrygia (until 696 BC) Kingdom of Lydia ...
The New Monarchs is a concept developed by European historians during the first half of the 20th century to characterize 15th-century European rulers who unified their respective nations, creating stable and centralized governments. [1]
A form of government where the monarch is elected, a modern example being the King of Cambodia, who is chosen by the Royal Council of the Throne; Vatican City is also often considered a modern elective monarchy. Self-proclaimed monarchy: A form of government where the monarch claims a monarch title without a nexus to the previous monarch dynasty.
In France, several duchies existed in the medieval period, including Normandy, Burgundy, Brittany, and Aquitaine.. The medieval German stem duchies (German: Stammesherzogtum, literally "tribal duchy," the official title of its ruler being Herzog or "duke") were associated with the Frankish Kingdom and corresponded with the areas of settlement of the major Germanic tribes.