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List of Maps Preface 1. Introduction Part I: The Authority of Kings 2. Sacred and Secular Foundations of Kingship 3. Japan 4. Russia 5. Imperial Germany and Prussia 6. England 7. Kingship and Aristocracy as a Type of Rule Part II: Toward a Mandate of the People 8. Transformations of Western European Societies in the Sixteenth Century 9. Kings and People in England 10. Toward the Nation-State: France 11. Nation-Building: Germany 12. Nation-Building: Japan 13. Nation-Building: Russia 14. From Royal Authority to Popular Mandate: Twentieth-Century Perspectives Notes Glossary Index
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