The Royal Studies Network is collaborating with Routledge to develop a comprehensive history of Monarchy for their Histories series (https://www.routledge.com/series/RHISTS). The proposed volume is intending to look at the institution of monarchy as a whole, across ALL periods and places. The final work will feature between 25-40 contributors, will be approximately 200,000-250,000 words and length and may be grouped into three thematic sections: Kingship, Queenship, and Dynasty.

If you would like to propose a contribution, send a 250-500 word abstract of your intended piece. Please note that rather than an overview history of the monarchy of a particular realm, contributions should look at a particular ASPECT of monarchy. Case studies (one or more) could be used to highlight this aspect. For example you could look at ‘Female succession in the Kingdom of Jerusalem’ or ‘Kingship and Masculinity in the Moghul Empire’. Comparative pieces are also welcome such as ‘The impact of consanguinity in the Hapsburg and Saxe-Coburg dynasties’. Please send queries and proposals to monarchyconference@gmail.com.

Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2015.