03564nam 2200733 450 991080775250332120230124185811.00-19-160971-40-19-156827-997866122688161-282-26881-3(CKB)2560000000295171(EBL)453598(OCoLC)437414188(SSID)ssj0000105507(PQKBManifestationID)11127695(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105507(PQKBWorkID)10105767(PQKB)11778758(StDuBDS)EDZ0000021712(MiAaPQ)EBC453598(Au-PeEL)EBL453598(CaPaEBR)ebr10329693(CaONFJC)MIL226881(MiAaPQ)EBC7034873(Au-PeEL)EBL7034873(EXLCZ)99256000000029517120081205d2009 uy 0enguruz|---auuu|txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution /William DoyleOxford ;New York :Oxford University Press,[2009]1 online resource (382 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-955985-6 0-19-170178-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-356) and index.Aristocracy ascendant : the world of eighteenth-century nobility -- Ideologies of inequality -- Ageless antagonisms : the limits of discontent -- Aristocracy avoided : America and the Cincinnati -- Straws in the wind : the breakdown of the old order -- Aristocracy attacked : the rise and fall of the noble order -- Aristocracy abolished : the destruction of noble power -- Ci-devants, 1790-1792 -- Persecution, 1792-1799 -- Ambiguous aftermaths.Describes how the French revolutionaries tried to abolish the nobility, analysing the intellectual roots of hostility to nobles, the steps by which revolutionaries turned against aristocracy, the impact of persecution, emigration, confiscation, and Terror, and the long-term consequences of these developments for the nobility. - ;Since time immemorial Europe had been dominated by nobles and nobilities. In the eighteenth century their power seemed better entrenched than ever. But in 1790 the French revolutionaries made a determined attempt to abolish nobility entirely. 'Aristocracy' became the tAristocracy (Political science)FranceHistory18th centuryNobilityFranceHistory18th centuryAristocracy (Political science)FrancePublic opinionHistory18th centuryNobilityFrancePublic opinionHistory18th centuryPublic opinionFranceHistory18th centuryFranceHistoryRevolution, 1789-1799Social aspectsFranceSocial conditions18th centuryFranceIntellectual life18th centuryAristocracy (Political science)HistoryNobilityHistoryAristocracy (Political science)Public opinionHistoryNobilityPublic opinionHistoryPublic opinionHistory944.04Doyle William1942-471772MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807752503321Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution4020051UNINA