The Zenith of European Monarchy and its Elites: The Politics of Culture, 1650-1750 (European History in Perspective, 48) - Softcover

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Henshall, Nicholas

 
9780333613917: The Zenith of European Monarchy and its Elites: The Politics of Culture, 1650-1750 (European History in Perspective, 48)
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ISBN 10: 0333613910 ISBN 13: 9780333613917
Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2010

Synopsis

By the mid-sevententh century several European monarchies were collapsing. Focusing on a key elite bonding strategy, this new survey shows how monarchs resolved to work with, rather than against, their elites. Nicholas Henshall's synthesis offers an argument for the coherence of the period - as the height of European monarchy and its elites.

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About the Author

NICHOLAS HENSHALL was formerly Head of History at Stockport Grammar School and editor of History Review magazine. His previous publications include The Myth of Absolutism (1992).
NICHOLAS HENSHALL was formerly Head of History at Stockport Grammar School and editor of History Review magazine. His previous publications include The Myth of Absolutism (1992).

From the Back Cover

By the mid-seventeenth century, several major European monarchies were collapsing. Battered by incessant war and religious rebellion, rulers clashed with landowners and clergy on whom they relied for territorial and spiritual support. Nicholas Henshall argues that from this crisis emerged a new deal. Monarchs reasserted traditional values and resolved to work with, rather than against, their nobles and churches.

The Zenith of European Monarchy and its Elites: The Politics of Culture, 1650-1750:
• focuses on a previously neglected key elite bonding strategy
• explains how a common identity was forged by erecting cultural defences against outsiders
• demonstrates how the power and prestige of the ruling classes rose to unprecedented heights.

Essential reading for students and scholars of early modern European history, this fascinating new study shows how the period 1650-1750 gains a new coherence - as the pinnacle of Europe's monarchies and their elites.r>

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Publisher
Red Globe Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0333613910
ISBN 13 
9780333613917
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
320

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