What’s in a word? The etymology and historiography of dynasty – renaissance Europe and beyond
This article traces the problematic way in which the word ‘dynasty’ has evolved in western languages and historiography. Analysing European historical dictionaries (sixteenth century to present), and thousands of printed book titles (fifteenth–twentieth centuries), it shows how the word's meani...
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Routledge
2020
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