< Kwangjong’s reform >
- Slave Investiture Act
→ deprived manpower of private military forces
- Government service examination system
→ asserted the dynasty’s right to regulate recruitment procedures
the throne of Wessex. However, his succession could not have been foreseen at the time, as Alfred had three living elder brothers. A letter of Leo IV shows that Alfred was made a "consul"; a misinterpretation of this investiture, deliberate or accidental, could explain later confusion. It may also be based on Alfred's later having accompanied his father on a pilgrimage to Rome where he spent some
Preface
You feel as if you were in the night tour at Changdeokgung Palace
with your family, friends, tourists in moonlit night with this book !
This book is the culmination of six years of my research, field study, and personal experience on the subject of the nighttime tour named Moonlight Tour of Changdeokgung Palace. While working as a tour guide at the royal palace, I gave many tou
Preface
You can be the best palace tour guide for your family, friends, and tourists with this!
This book is the culmination of five years of research, field study, and personal experience on the subject of Changdeokgung Palace. While working as a tour guide at the royal palace, I gave many tours for locals and global tourists and met lots of people who were interested in Korean royal palac
I. Introduction
In the year 612 AD an Imperial Chinese army of more than a million soldiers marched on the northeast Asian kingdom of Goguryeo. Though vastly outnumbered, the soldiers of Goguryeo whom many modern-day Koreans see as their ancestors.
Now, almost 1,400 years later, Chinese scholars are claiming that the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo was a part of China’s "regional government fo