What Makes the Nobility Noble?

Comparative Perspectives from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. Edited by Jörn Leonhard and Christian Wieland.

By centring on the nobility, the authors undertake a new exploration of the continuities and ruptures in European history. In the three thematic areas of law, politics and aesthetics, the noble knights' utilisation of the early modern courts in the Holy Roman Empire is considered, along with the social and political identity of the English nobility in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With 11 contributions in german and 9 in english language by Peter Mandler, Ronald G. Asch, Daniel Schönpflug et al. 396 Seiten mit 22 Abb., gebunden (Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History; Vol. 2/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011) leichte Lagerspuren, Archivexemplarstempel auf Kopfschnitt/minor shelfwear, Archival stamp on book cut