Princes, Patronage, and the Nobility: The Court at the Beginning of the Modern Age, c. 1450-1650 (Studies of the German Historical Institute, London)

Asch, Ronald; Birke, Adolf M.;

ISBN 10: 0199205027 / ISBN 13: 9780199205028

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1991

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First edition 1991, first US edition. Published by Oxford University Press. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition new, square tight and clean book, no edgewear, sharp corners, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ new, no edgewear, no tears, not clipped. 8vo, 520 pages. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Princes, Patronage, and the Nobility: The Court at the Beginning of the Modern Age, c. 1450-1650 (Studies of the German Historical Institute, London)
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0199205027
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780199205028
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New

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Synopsis

This book deals with the court as a crucial centre of government and politics in Europe and as the dominant focus for the ruling elites. It shows how the early modern court gradually developed from the medieval royal household, and how it functioned in the 16th and 17th centuries. This volume sees the history of the European courts in comparative perspective. Despite the structural differences between the countries examined - England, Germany, France and Spain as well as the Netherlands and Italy - several common themes emerge: the problem of integrating a number of often vastly different provinces and principalities by the attraction of a court; the capital city's function as the basis of the court and its rival; the role of the court during the great religious conflicts of the 16th and 17th centuries; and the court as an instrument for domesticating the nobility and as a stronghold of aristocratic influence. The work should interest scholars and postgraduate students of early modern and late medieval European history and social history.