State and Nobility in Early Modern Germany: The Knightly Feud in Franconia, 1440 1567 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)

Zmora, Hillay

ISBN 10: 052152265X / ISBN 13: 9780521522656

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: State and Nobility in Early Modern Germany: The Knightly Feud in Franconia, 1440 1567 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052152265X
• ISBN 13: 9780521522656
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This book offers a new paradigm of the history of the German nobility in the early modern period. It shows that, contrary to the prevailing view, the nobility was not in a period of crisis that facilitated the rise of the state. Rather, the nobility underwent a process of social stratification in the wake of the growth of the state. This process led to the formation of an elite of wealthy noble families on whose cooperation the state depended. This alliance, and not a presumed partnership between rulers and bourgeoisie, was the driving force in early modern Germany.

Review

"...Zmora does a sound job of proving the linkage between territorial state-building and noble feuding." Choice

"It is an exceptionally intersting story, told if not always with crystalline clarity, told nonetheless with verve and authority." Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies