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Nobles and nation in Central Europe : free imperial knights in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 /

In the late Holy Roman Empire, no group better embodied the traditional noble ideal than the Protestant and Catholic knights in Electoral Mainz. This book traces the transnational 'cultural' landscape in which these knights moved and its transformation by social, political and national rev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Godsey, William D., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambtidge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Colección:New studies in European history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Wealth and noble autonomy: the Free Imperial Knights in Mainz on the eve of revolution; CHAPTER 2 Nobles becoming Germans: the transformation of a concept; CHAPTER 3 Nobles becoming Germans: the destruction of a "geo-cultural landscape"; CHAPTER 4 Between destruction and survival: knights on the Middle Rhine 1750-1850; CHAPTER 5 The past recaptured: knights in the Hapsburg Empire 1792-1848.