The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century

by Jerzy Lukowski and Jeremy Black

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 033365210X
• ISBN13: 9780333652107
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.6"