monarchy, form of government in which sovereignty is vested in a single person whose right to rule is generally hereditary and who is empowered to remain in office for life. The power of this sovereign may vary from the absolute (see despotism) to that strongly limited by custom or constituti...
but throughout history, they have gone by various names like khan, tsar, sultan, king, and queen. There are many different forms of monarchy, but in a true, absolute one, the monarch holds ultimate power.
But in the 21st Century, monarchies have greatly diminished in both power and number. Where there were once over a hundred monarchies in the world, now 43 remain and only seven exist as absolute monarchies with bonafide power. Rather than rulers, some monarchs have become cultural icons whilst...
This chapter provides a comprehensive history of various forms of slavery in what came to be known in historical works as the Indian Ocean World, or a specific zone of multi-regional connections through maritime practices. It explores the dynamics of ens
Using the "welfare diamond" framework, this article argues that Brunei currently operates a "protective welfare regime". However, if it succeeds in reducing its reliance on hydrocarbon resources, that system will transition towards a modern monarchical welfare-regime model wherein self-reliant ...
Under this new constitution, monarchical absolutism was replaced by parliamentary supremacy. It was quickly realised that Magna Carta stood in the same relation to the King-in-Parliament as it had to the King without Parliament. This supremacy would be challenged by the likes of Granville Sharp. ...
Monarchy can be categorised into many types in this modern era: semi-constitutional monarchy, absolute monarchy, commonwealth realms, and subnational monarchy. Some of the central Asian countries such as Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, the Arab Emirate, and the UAE are examples of the monarch...
monarchical government was most evident throughout the world up until the 18th century. Some absolute monarchies are still present today, such as those ofSaudi Arabia,Brunei,Oman,Swaziland, and theVatican City. The monarchs ofJordanandMoroccocontinue to hold considerable power (albeit not absolute ...
the Sultan of Brunei, the world’s richest monarch, was indeed generous to the Contras — to the tune of $10 million. But, this generosity was not because of any commitment to democracy in Nicaragua or anywhere else, for Brunei is a monarchical dictatorship, under a State of Emergency sinc...
Later feudal forms include the limited estate monarchy and the unlimited, or absolute, monarchy. As a rule, bourgeois monarchical states have limited, constitutional monarchies that developed out of a compromise between the bourgeoisie and the nobility. In the contemporary bourgeois monarchy the monarch...