Nobles and Nobilities of Europe

A History of Structures, Law and Institutions

Michael Sayer (Autor)

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2022
Bloomsbury Academic
978-1-350-28423-4 (ISBN)

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In feudal and early modern society, the nobility was a force of major importance. Yet despite its undeniable influence on the course of history, there has been a noticeable lack of published material covering the ways in which nobility was (and sometimes still is) defined in public law, as opposed to its political and economic influence, or the legal privileges which noble status guaranteed.

In this major four-volume work, Michael Sayer provides an extensive survey of all the most significant primary sources relating to the status of nobility in Europe from Roman times through the Medieval period and beyond, setting them within the broader historical context of the time. He also examines separately the many juridical aspects of nobility – titles, arms, heraldry, chivalric orders and knighthoods, and offices – providing a thorough methodological basis for the study of nobility. As a comprehensive survey of nobles and nobility in European society over 2000 years, this book is an invaluable reference tool for scholars and students.

Michael Sayer is an independent historian educated at the University of Oxford, UK. His publications include: English Nobility: The Gentry, the Heralds and the Continental Context and The Disintegration of a Heritage: Country Houses and their Collections, 1979-1992. He is an occasional contributor to Country Life and The Antiquaries’ Journal.

VOLUME I:
Chapter 1. Nobility in Roman Antiquity
Chapter 2. Nobles and Nobility in Early Medieval Europe
Chapter 3. Feudalism, Tenure and Jurisdiction

VOLUME II:
Chapter 4. Knighthood and Orders of Chivalry
Chapter 5. Arms, Heraldry and Nobility
Chapter 6. Civic Nobility

VOLUME III:
Chapter 7. Nobility and Office
Chapter 8. Titled Nobility
Chapter 9. The Rights of Nobility

VOLUME IV
Chapter 10. Proofs of Nobility and Reciprocity
Chapter 11. Epilogue
Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.2.2022
Zusatzinfo	85 images in colour plates: Vol 1 8pp, Vol 2 16pp, Vol 3 8pp, Vol 4 16pp
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-350-28423-8 / 1350284238
ISBN-13	978-1-350-28423-4 / 9781350284234
Zustand	Neuware