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

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Motley, Mark Edward (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.