The European Nobilities
Northern, Central and Eastern Europe
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
433 pages
978-1-349-72701-8 (ISBN)
Description
Essays with national approaches provide unique coverage of Europe's Old Regime nobilities, from Britain to Russia and from Sweden to Portugal, framed by a substantial comparative editorial introduction and concluded by a survey of the fate of the nobilities during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
More details
Edition
2007 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-72701-8 (9781349727018)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
12/2006
2nd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€106.99
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
KNUD J.V. JESPERSEN Professor of Modern History at Odense University, Denmark
R.J.W. EVANS Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, UK
ROBERT I. FROST Professor of History at the University of Aberdeen, UK
ISABEL DE MADARIAGA Professor Emerita of Russian Studies in the University of London, UK
EDGAR MELTON Associate Professor of History at Wright State University, USA
JAMES VAN HORN MELTON Professor of History at Emory University, USA
PETER SCHIMERT PhD Graduate from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA and Lecturer, McDaniel College, Budapest, Hungary
A.F. UPTON Professor Emeritus of Nordic History at the University of St Andrews, UK
PETER H. WILSON Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Sunderland, UK
R.J.W. EVANS Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, UK
ROBERT I. FROST Professor of History at the University of Aberdeen, UK
ISABEL DE MADARIAGA Professor Emerita of Russian Studies in the University of London, UK
EDGAR MELTON Associate Professor of History at Wright State University, USA
JAMES VAN HORN MELTON Professor of History at Emory University, USA
PETER SCHIMERT PhD Graduate from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA and Lecturer, McDaniel College, Budapest, Hungary
A.F. UPTON Professor Emeritus of Nordic History at the University of St Andrews, UK
PETER H. WILSON Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Sunderland, UK
Content
List of Maps List of Tables Preface Notes on Contributors Glossary of Technical Terms Introduction: The Evolution of the Service Nobilities; H.M.Scott The Swedish Nobility, 1600-1772; A.F.Upton The Rise and Fall of the Danish Nobility, 1600-1800; Knud J.V.Jespersen The Nobility of the Early Modern Reich, 1495-1806; Peter H.Wilson The Junkers of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1600-1806; Edgar Melton The Nobility of the Bohemian and Austrian Lands, 1620-1780; James Van Horn Melton The Early Modern Hungarian Nobility; Peter Schimert The Nobility of Hungary in the Eighteenth Century; R.J.W.Evans The Nobility of Poland - Lithuania, 1569-1795; Robert I.Frost The Russian Nobility in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Isabel de Madariaga Conclusion: The Continuity of Aristocratic Power; H.M.Scott Guides to Further Reading Index