LEADER 03166nam 2200529 450 001 9910480347003321 005 20210903003440.0 010 $a0-271-06751-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271067513 035 $a(CKB)3710000000450480 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001520404 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12562068 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001520404 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11525977 035 $a(PQKB)11648386 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224222 035 $a(DE-B1597)583708 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271067513 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000450480 100 $a20200929d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStatus, power, and identity in early modern France $ethe Rohan family, 1550-1715 /$fJonathan Dewald 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (264 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-271-06616-4 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface --$tNote on the Text --$tIntroduction --$t1 Constructing Status: Family Narratives, Family Myths --$t2 Constructing Identity: Henri de Rohan, 1579?1638 --$t3 Women, Gender, and the Management of Dynastic Capital --$t4 Material Contexts: Wealth, Income, Strategies --$t5 Followers and Servants: Aristocracy as Collective Practice --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn Status, Power, and Identity in Early Modern France, Jonathan Dewald explores European aristocratic society by looking closely at one of its most prominent families. The Rohan were rich, powerful, and respected, but Dewald shows that there were also weaknesses in their apparently secure position near the top of French society. Family finances were unstable, and competing interests among family members generated conflicts and scandals; political ambitions led to other troubles, partly because aristocrats like the Rohan intensely valued individual achievement, even if it came at the expense of the family?s needs. Dewald argues that aristocratic power in the Old Regime reflected ongoing processes of negotiation and refashioning, in which both men and women played important roles. So did figures from outside the family?government officials, middle-class intellectuals and businesspeople, and many others. Dewald describes how the Old Regime?s ruling class maintained its power and the obstacles it encountered in doing so. 606 $aAristocracy (Social class)$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aAristocracy (Social class)$xHistory$y16th century 607 $aFrance$xHistory$y16th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAristocracy (Social class)$xHistory 615 0$aAristocracy (Social class)$xHistory 676 $a321.5 700 $aDewald$b Jonathan$0141752 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480347003321 996 $aStatus, power, and identity in early modern France$92454644 997 $aUNINA