The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century
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Product details:
- Edition number 2003
- Publisher Red Globe Press
- Date of Publication 17 July 2003
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9780333652107
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages243 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Weight 348 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
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.
Long description:
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.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Map 1: Europe, c. 1721
Map 2: Europe, c. 1790
Nobility in the Eighteenth Century: a Survey
Ennoblement
The Nobility and the State
The Education of the Nobility
Nobles' Resources
Inheritance
Nobles' Life Styles
Noble Authority
Noblewomen
Epilogue: the European Nobility and the French Revolution
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
