Nobles and nation in Central Europe : free imperial knights in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 /
Godsey, William D., 1964-
Nobles and nation in Central Europe : free imperial knights in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 / by William D. Godsey, Jr. - Cambtidge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages). - New studies in European history . - New studies in European history. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-294) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Wealth and noble autonomy: the Free Imperial Knights in Mainz on the eve of revolution; CHAPTER 2 Nobles becoming Germans: the transformation of a concept; CHAPTER 3 Nobles becoming Germans: the destruction of a "geo-cultural landscape"; CHAPTER 4 Between destruction and survival: knights on the Middle Rhine 1750-1850; CHAPTER 5 The past recaptured: knights in the Hapsburg Empire 1792-1848.
In the late Holy Roman Empire, no group better embodied the traditional noble ideal than the Protestant and Catholic knights in Electoral Mainz. This book traces the transnational 'cultural' landscape in which these knights moved and its transformation by social, political and national revolution in Germany and the Habsburg Empire.
English.
0511265336 (electronic bk.) 9780511265334 (electronic bk.) 9780511266058 (electronic bk.) 0511266057 (electronic bk.) 0511263783 9780511263781 0511264615 9780511264610 9780521836180 (hardback) 0521836182 (hardback) 1280750065 9781280750069 (Cloth) 0511317689 9780511317682 0511496753 9780511496752
1700-1899
Nobility--History--Germany--18th century.
Nobility--History--Germany--19th century.
Nationalism--History.--Germany
National characteristics, German.
Nationalisme--Histoire.--Allemagne
Allemands.
HISTORY.
National characteristics, German.
Nationalism.
Nobility.
Adel.
Germany.
Electronic books.
History.
DD193 / .G63 2004eb
943/.00086/2109033
Nobles and nation in Central Europe : free imperial knights in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 / by William D. Godsey, Jr. - Cambtidge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages). - New studies in European history . - New studies in European history. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-294) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Wealth and noble autonomy: the Free Imperial Knights in Mainz on the eve of revolution; CHAPTER 2 Nobles becoming Germans: the transformation of a concept; CHAPTER 3 Nobles becoming Germans: the destruction of a "geo-cultural landscape"; CHAPTER 4 Between destruction and survival: knights on the Middle Rhine 1750-1850; CHAPTER 5 The past recaptured: knights in the Hapsburg Empire 1792-1848.
In the late Holy Roman Empire, no group better embodied the traditional noble ideal than the Protestant and Catholic knights in Electoral Mainz. This book traces the transnational 'cultural' landscape in which these knights moved and its transformation by social, political and national revolution in Germany and the Habsburg Empire.
English.
0511265336 (electronic bk.) 9780511265334 (electronic bk.) 9780511266058 (electronic bk.) 0511266057 (electronic bk.) 0511263783 9780511263781 0511264615 9780511264610 9780521836180 (hardback) 0521836182 (hardback) 1280750065 9781280750069 (Cloth) 0511317689 9780511317682 0511496753 9780511496752
1700-1899
Nobility--History--Germany--18th century.
Nobility--History--Germany--19th century.
Nationalism--History.--Germany
National characteristics, German.
Nationalisme--Histoire.--Allemagne
Allemands.
HISTORY.
National characteristics, German.
Nationalism.
Nobility.
Adel.
Germany.
Electronic books.
History.
DD193 / .G63 2004eb
943/.00086/2109033