Status, Power, and Identity in Early Modern France
The Rohan Family, 1550-1715
In Status, Power, and Identity in Early Modern France, Jonathan Dewald explores European aristocratic society by looking closely at one of its most prominent families. The Rohan were rich, powerful, and respected, but Dewald shows that there were also weaknesses in their apparently secure position near the top of French society. Family finances were unstable, and competing interests among family members generated conflicts and scandals; political ambitions led to other troubles, partly because aristocrats like the Rohan intensely valued individual achievement, even if it came at the expense of the family's needs. Dewald argues that aristocrat…
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- ISBN: 978-0-271-06617-2
- EAN: 9780271066172
- Produktnummer: 18009906
- Verlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.9 cm 386 g
- Abbildungen: 2 Maps; 13 Halftones, black and white
- Gewicht: 386
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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