Book contents
- For King and Country
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- For King and Country
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prelude The Monarchy and Wartime Political Power
- Part I The Role of the British Monarchy in Cultural Mobilisation for War
- 1 Monarchist Mentalities and British Mobilisation, 1914–1916
- 2 Monarchist Culture and Combatant Practices
- Part II The Emperor’s New Clothes
- Part III The Unknown Soldier
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Monarchist Mentalities and British Mobilisation, 1914–1916
from Part I - The Role of the British Monarchy in Cultural Mobilisation for War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 September 2021
Book contents
- For King and Country
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- For King and Country
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prelude The Monarchy and Wartime Political Power
- Part I The Role of the British Monarchy in Cultural Mobilisation for War
- 1 Monarchist Mentalities and British Mobilisation, 1914–1916
- 2 Monarchist Culture and Combatant Practices
- Part II The Emperor’s New Clothes
- Part III The Unknown Soldier
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores the role that monarchist beliefs played in war recruitment in Britain and in the British Empire. It looks at the ways that monarchist beliefs appeared in wartime propaganda, songs and recruitment campaigns as well as the monarchy’s importance to British legal and religious cultures. It examines how the first two years of the war saw the monarchy’s position consolidated and sacralised in Britain, arguing that the monarchy was central to British identity and associated with ideals of ‘honour’.
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- For King and CountryThe British Monarchy and the First World War, pp. 43 - 100Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021