The European Nobilities in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Western Europe
Title | The European Nobilities in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Western Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Hamish M. Scott |
Publisher | Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
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This text examines Western European nobility in the 17th and 18th centuries. It includes chapters on: the consolidation of noble power c. 1600-1800; the British nobility 1660-1800; the Dutch nobility; nobility in France and Spain; and the Italian nobilities.
Northern, Central and Eastern Europe
Title | Northern, Central and Eastern Europe PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 315 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780582080713 |
The European Nobilities
Title | The European Nobilities PDF eBook |
Author | Hamish Scott |
Publisher | Palgrave MacMillan |
Total Pages | 460 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
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This collection of authoritative essays by leading national specialists examine the nobility of a particular country or region, on a systematic basis: they analyze the structure of the particular elite, and survey its political and economic activities, as well as the social and ideological basis of its own position and power.
Northern, Central and Eastern Europe
Title | Northern, Central and Eastern Europe PDF eBook |
Author | H. M. Scott |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Nobility |
ISBN | 9780582080706 |
The European Nobility, 1400-1800
Title | The European Nobility, 1400-1800 PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Dewald |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 236 |
Release | 1996-05-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521425285 |
An authoritative and accessible survey of the European nobility over four centuries.
The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century
Title | The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Goodwin |
Publisher | A & C Black |
Total Pages | 220 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century
Title | The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Black |
Publisher | Red Globe Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003-07-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780230000827 |
The position of the nobility depended on a stable world which accepted their authority: but, in the eighteenth century, that world was becoming increasingly fractured as a result of social and economic developments and new ideas. Since nobles were, in economic terms, an extremely disparate group, ranging from the near destitute to the unimaginably wealthy, how could this ruling class preserve a coherent identity? Was wealth more important than birth or education? How should wealth be retained or accumulated? And what role did women play in shoring up noble pre-eminence? In this wide-ranging study, Jerzy Lukowski addresses these issues, and shows the pressures and tensions - both from governments and from the lower orders - which challenged traditional ruling groups in Europe during the century before the French Revolution. Lukowski explains the basic mechanisms of noble existence and examines how the European aristocracy sought to maintain a sense of solidarity in the midst of widespread change.