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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812675603321

Autore

Dewald Jonathan

Titolo

Status, power, and identity in early modern France : the Rohan family, 1550-1715 / / Jonathan Dewald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-271-06751-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Disciplina

305.5/2094209031

Soggetti

Aristocracy (Social class) - History - 17th century

Aristocracy (Social class) - History - 16th century

France History 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Constructing status : family narratives, family myths -- Constructing identity : Henri de Rohan, 1579/1638 -- Women, gender, and the management of dynastic capital -- Material contexts : wealth, income, strategies -- Followers and servants : aristocracy as collective practice.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the aristocratic experience in early modern France through a close examination of the history of the Rohan, a noble family in the Parisian court who were involved in notable political and religious events from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries"--Provided by publisher.