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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 November 2010
- ISBN 9780199206780
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages144 pages
- Size 173x115x8 mm
- Weight 122 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 15 black and white halftones 0
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Short description:
Aristocracies dominated the social, economic, and institutional history of all European countries until only a few generations ago. William Doyle strips away the myths and beliefs which have always surrounded them, looking at how these very distinctive governing elites held onto power, and analyses when, how, and why they eventually lost it.
MoreLong description:
Aristocracies or nobilities dominated the social, economic, and institutional history of all European counties until only a few generations ago. The relics of their power, in traditions and behaviour, in architecture and the arts, are still all around us.
This short introduction shows how ideas of aristocracy originated in ancient times, were transformed in the middle ages, and have only fallen apart over the last two centuries. The myths in which aristocracies have always sought to shroud themselves are stripped away, but the true sources of their enduring power are also revealed. Their outlook and behaviour affected the rest of society in innumerable and sometimes surprising ways, but perhaps most surprising was the way in which a centuries-old aristocratic hegemony crumbled away over the last two hundred years. In this Very Short Introduction William Doyle considers why this happend and what remains today.
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excellent introduction to the subject, clearly structured and packed with telling examples
Table of Contents:
Meanings and entitlements
Myths and beliefs
Living nobly
Impacts and legacies
Aristocracy eclipsed
References
Further Reading
