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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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1988 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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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