The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780333652107)

Jerzy Lukowski shows the pressures and tensions, both from below and from governments, which increasingly challenged traditional ruling groups in Europe during the century before the French Revolution. The position of the nobility depended on a stable world which accepted their authority; but that world was becoming fractured as a result of social and economic developments and new ideas. Lukowski explains the basic mechanisms of noble existence and examines how the European nobility sought to preserve a sense of solidarity in the midst of widespread change.

Author: Jerzy Lukowski
ISBN-10: 033365210X
ISBN-13: 9780333652107
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2003
Pages: 243
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.34w x 0.52d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2004 pg. 1361