The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy /

The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy / / Nicolas Tackett.

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"Tackett resolves the enigma of the complete disappearance by the tenth century of the medieval Chinese aristocracy, analyzing a dazzling array of sources to demonstrate that the great Tang aristocratic families were far more successful than previously believed in adapting to the many transform...

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Superior document:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 93
VerfasserIn:
Tackett, Nicolas,
Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2014.
Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2014.
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 93.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages :); illustrations, maps ;
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Table of Contents:
  • Map of Tang China
  • Conventions
  • Introduction
  • The transformation of medieval elites
  • Tomb epitaphs as a historical source
  • Chapter One. The bureaucratic aristocracy of medieval China
  • Chapter Two. The geography of power
  • Chapter Three. Capital elite marriage networks
  • Chapter Four. The late Tang provinces
  • Chapter Five. Huang Chao and the destruction of the medieval aristocracy
  • Appendix A: Guide to the accompanying database
  • Appendix B: Estimating the total size of the late Tang capital elite
  • Appendix C: Sources of ninth-century excavated epitaphs.

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