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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796758803321

Autore

MacKnight Elizabeth C.

Titolo

Nobility and patrimony in modern France / Elizabeth Chalmers MacKnight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020

©2018

ISBN

1-5261-2053-4

1-5261-3616-3

1-5261-2052-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in modern French history

Disciplina

305.5220944

Soggetti

Nobility

Cultural property

HISTORY - General

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Minority Studies

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Discrimination & Race Relations

Cultural property - France - History - Modern period, 1500-

Nobility - France - History - Modern period, 1500-

History

France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Protecting property during revolution; Divisions of inheritance; Adoption for transmission; Incapacity and debt; Landed estates in operation; Residences and gardens; Holding the fort in the world wars; Initiatives for preservation and tourism; Conclusion; List of families; Archival sources; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a study of noble families' collective memory and transmission of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.