The Survival of the Hessian Nobility, 1770-1870 /

The Survival of the Hessian Nobility, 1770-1870 / / Gregory W. Pedlow.

Here is a broad and richly documented examination of a little studied social group--the German nobility outside Prussia. Gregory Pedlow considers the nobles of the small but representative state of Hesse-Kassel from the end of the ancien regime to the era of German unification. Although this period...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Pedlow, Gregory W.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1988
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 890
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Hesse-Kassel: Land and Politics
  • 2. The Hessian Nobility
  • 3. The Noble Family
  • 4. Landowning
  • 5. The Landed Estate
  • 6. Careers of Nobles
  • 7. The Politics of the Nobility
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Families in the Hessian Ritterschaft during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
  • Appendix B. Ennoblement of Hessians
  • Appendix C. Tables of Ranks
  • Appendix D. Fertility Statistics and Comparisons
  • Appendix E. Hessian VVeights, Measures, and Money
  • Sources and Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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