European Nobility, 14001800

Klappentext This book provides a comprehensive history of the European nobility between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. Designed to introduce students and non-specialists to the subject! it explains all the principal themes and problems in a authoritative and accessible manner. Zusammenfassung This book is the first comprehensive history of the European nobility between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. Designed to introduce students and non-specialists to the subject! it explains all the principal themes and problems in an authoritative and accessible manner. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction: the European nobilities as an historical problem; 1. Nature and numbers; 2. Wealth, privilege and the encounter with change; 3. Nobles and politics; 4. Lives and cultures; Conclusion: toward a new society: the French Revolution and beyond; Suggestions for further reading.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jonathan Dewald, Jonathan (State University of New York Dewald
• Mitarbeit: William Beik (Herausgeber), T. C. W. Blanning (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.05.1996
• EAN: 9780521425285
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42528-5
• Seiten: 232
• Serien: New Approaches to European History; New Approaches to European His
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte