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Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology

Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology

著者: Frederick Adams Woods
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Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral standards and intellectual aptitude to their reputation as rulers. The summarised family histories are produced after a painstaking search including portrait galleries, family lineage, comparisons of reputation, and the origin of allegations of madness and moral bankruptcy, all collated within a single volume. - Summary by Leon HarveyCopyright Biographies Genre アート 心理学 心理学・心の健康 文学史・文学批評 衛生・健康的な生活
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