Becoming a French Aristocrat : The Education of the Court Nobility, 1580-1715 /

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Focusing on the highest-ranking segment of the nobility, Mark Motley examines why a social group whose very essence was based on hereditary status would need or seek instruction and training for its young. As the "warrior nobility" adopted the courtly life epitomized by Versailles--with it...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Motley, Mark Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Upper class > Education.
Nobility > Education.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Classes superieures > Éducation > France > Histoire.
Upper class > Education > France > History.
Nobility > Education > France > History.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Principal Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: Family and Household Education
  • Chapter Two: Language and Letters
  • Chapter Three: The Academy
  • Chapter Four: Entering the World
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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