1. The Evolution of Constitutional Monarchy

Author: Bogdanor, Vernon

Source: The Monarchy and the Constitution, November 1997 , pp. 1-42(42)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

The British monarchy is by far the oldest of all the constitutional monarchies. Its origins can be traced back to before the Norman Conquest. The influence of Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights are discussed. Cabinet government and the expansion of the suffrage in the nineteenth century affected the monarchy profoundly. It was during the reign of Queen Victoria that the monarchy took on its recognizably modern form. This was noticed and analysed by the most brilliant journalist of the age, Walter Bagehot, and by its most imaginative politician, Benjamin Disraeli. Bagehot laid down various constitutional precepts to which sovereigns after Queen Victoria sought to adhere.

Keywords: constitution; Walter Bagehot; cabinet government; Magna Carta; Queen Victoria; constitutional history; constitutional monarchy; Benjamin Disraeli; Bill of Rights

Document Type: Research article

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