In this volume on the comparative study of nobility, historians, sociologists and anthropologists focus on the different processes of transformation that aristo

An authoritative and accessible survey of the European nobility over four centuries.

In this book, a group of prominent French historians shows why the nobility remains a vital topic for understanding France's past. The contributors to this volu

In Status, Power, and Identity in Early Modern France, Jonathan Dewald explores European aristocratic society by looking closely at one of its most prominent fa

A full account of the Italian nobility in the period after national unification.