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The French Nobility in the Eighteenth Century
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Jay M. Smith
Categories: Nobility
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Penn State University Press

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In this book, a group of prominent French historians shows why the nobility remains a vital topic for understanding France's past. The contributors to this volu
Noblesse Au XVIIIe Siècle. Anglais
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985-05-16 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Contrary to their traditional image as a caste of intransigent reactionaries and parasites, this analysis maintains that pre-revolutionary nobility actually wer
The French Nobility in the Eighteenth Century
Language: en
Pages: 358
Authors: Jay M. Smith
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-09-26 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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Historians have long been fascinated by the nobility in pre-Revolutionary France. What difference did nobles make in French society? What role did they play in
The Nobility of Toulouse in the Eighteenth Century
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Robert Forster
Categories: Nobility
Type: BOOK - Published: 1960 - Publisher:

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Nobility Reimagined
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Jay M. Smith
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Smith argues that the attempt to redefine and restore French nobility brought forth competing visions of patriotism with correlating models of the social and po