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In medieval Europe, the death of a king could not only cause a dispute about the succession, but also a severe crisis. In times of a vacant throne particular responsibility fell to the bishops - whose general importance for the time around the first milennium has been revealed by recent scholarship - as royal counsellors and policy makers.

From the 17th until the 20th century, Germans formed a prominent immigrant group in Great Britain. This volume places research on the subject in the context of migration and transnational studies. It focuses on the significance of migration to cultural transfer, and highlights the contribution of Germans to the course of British history.

Whenever the British Press wants to attack the Royal Family, they make a jibe about "their foreign roots". The Royal Archives at Windsor gave the authors- among others John Roehl, doyen of 19th century monarchical history - open access to Royal correspondences with six German houses: Hanover, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Coburg, Hesse and Battenberg.