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The french nobility in the eighteenth century : from feudalism to enlightenment / Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret ; translated by William Doyle.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.Description: 197 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780521275903
- 305.5 NOG
Contents:
Summary: Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret argues that the traditional picture of the pre-revolutionary French nobility as a caste of intransigent reactionaries and parasites is a fabrication of revolutionary propaganda. Using new research, he argues that the nobility represented all that was most forward-looking in eighteenth-century French society.
1. The Enlightenment and noble ideology
2. The nobility between myth and history
3. Plutocrats and paupers
4. The fundamental divide: culture
5. The nobility and capitalism
6. Rites and strategies: The marriage market
7. The nobility against the Old Regime
8. The plan for society.
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 305.5 NOG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 338947 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Enlightenment and noble ideology
2. The nobility between myth and history
3. Plutocrats and paupers
4. The fundamental divide: culture
5. The nobility and capitalism
6. Rites and strategies: The marriage market
7. The nobility against the Old Regime
8. The plan for society.
Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret argues that the traditional picture of the pre-revolutionary French nobility as a caste of intransigent reactionaries and parasites is a fabrication of revolutionary propaganda. Using new research, he argues that the nobility represented all that was most forward-looking in eighteenth-century French society.