Tag: german nobility

From Exile to Example: The House of Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick and the Principle of Sovereignty in Abeyance

From Exile to Example: The House of Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick and the Principle of Sovereignty in Abeyance For immediate release — Office of Dynastic Strategy, House of Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick released on watchman.news 1 […]

Local Reciprocity, Fragmented Loyalties, and the Political Vacuum That Totalitarianism Exploited

Local Reciprocity, Fragmented Loyalties, and the Political Vacuum That Totalitarianism Exploited Before the rise of modern nationalism, loyalty within the German lands was rooted in local reciprocity. Service, taxation, honor, […]

Brunswick Dutch Regency, House of Wolfenbuttel Enduring Regency Rights in the Netherlands

The House of Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick and Its Enduring Regency Rights in the Netherlands Introduction The House of Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick, a senior noble house of the Guelphs (Welfs), holds a uniquely pivotal position […]

Sovereign Counts, Princes and Dukes in Europe / Germany (Reigning and Non-Reigning) and International Law

In Germany / Europe the several compacts / agreements of states to mutually protect other states sovereignty was always strong. These came under several forms, and one that stayed the […]

Welsh and Celto-Saxon Kings Protecting Glastonbury (and the religion of the Culdees)

A Chapter taken from our booklet on Celtic Ecclesiology, the Married Abbots and Clerics of the Orthodox Culdee. Full text is found at https://celticorthodoxy.com/2017/05/glastonbury-married-cleric-monks/ Welsh and Celto-Saxon Kings Protecting Glastonbury […]