The Zenith of European Monarchy and its Elites
The Politics of Culture, 1650-1750
By the mid-seventeenth century, several major European monarchies were collapsing. Battered by incessant war and religious rebellion, rulers clashed with landowners and clergy on whom they relied for territorial and spiritual support. Nicholas Henshall argues that from this crisis emerged a new deal. Monarchs reasserted traditional values and resolved to work with, rather than against, their nobles and churches.The Zenith of European Monarchy and its Elites: The Politics of Culture, 1650-1750:? focuses on a previously neglected key elite bonding strategy? explains how a common identity was forged by erecting cultural defences against outsider…
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- ISBN: 978-0-333-61390-0
- EAN: 9780333613900
- Produktnummer: 23190667
- Verlag: Springer Nature EN
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: 1 Ex.; H21.6 cm x B13.8 cm 0 g
- Abbildungen: Book
- Sonstiges: Lower undergraduate
Über den Autor
NICHOLAS HENSHALL was formerly Head of History at Stockport Grammar School and editor of History Review magazine. His previous publications include The Myth of Absolutism (1992).
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