Nobles and Nation in Central Europe
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- 出版社 Cambridge University Press
- 出版时间 2010年2月
- ISBN 9780521123150
- 定价 363.10
内容简介
ThisisastudyofCentralEuropeannoblesinrevolution.AsoneofGermany'srichest,mostinsularandmostautonomousnobilities,theFreeKnightsinElectoralMainzrepresentedtheearlymodernnobleidealofpurebloodlinesandcosmopolitanloyaltiesintheoldsocietyoforders.Butthisworldcametoanendwiththeoutbreakoftherevolutionarywarsin1792.Quiteapartfromthesocial,economicandpoliticaldislocationsandloss,theerafrom1789to1815alsomeantaculturalreorientationforthenobility.WilliamD.Godsey,Jr.hereexploreshownoblesinpost-revolutionaryGermanygraduallyabandonedtheiroldself-understandingandassimilatedwiththenewcultural'nation'whilearistocratsintheHabsburgEmpire,whichhadtakeninmanyemigresfromMainz,movedinsteadtowardssupranationalism.Thisisamajorcontributiontodebatesabouttherelationshipbetweenidentity,culturalnationalism,supranationalismandreligioninGermanyandtheHabsburgEmpire.
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