The Nobility of the Election of Bayeux, 1463-1666: Continuity Through Change

James B. Wood

Published by Princeton University Press 1980

The Nobility of the Election of Bayeux, 1463-1666

Continuity Through Change

James B. Wood

Volume 537 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400857524

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Reconstructing the collective experience of an entire provincial nobility over a period of more than two centuries, James Wood finds current theories about the early modernFrench nobility inadequate. Concentrating on socio-economic structures and changes, he analyzes the composition and way of life of all the nobles--poor and prosperous, obscure and notable--who lived in the election of Bayeux between the mid-fifteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries. Combining a regional historical perspective with the methods of quantitative social history, Professor Wood demonstrates the broader significance of his findings for general historical interpretations of the nobility and of early modern France as well.

Originally published in 1980.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction. A Historical Problem: The Early Modern Nobility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter I. Defining The Nobility: The Recherches Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Chapter II. The Membership of the Nobility: Size and Social Mobility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter III. Social Structure: Officials and Noblesse D'étpée Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter IV. Marriage Patterns and Social Integration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Chapter V. Income and Indebtedness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Chapter VI. Landholdings and Bankruptcy Settlements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Chapter VII. Conclusion: The Socioeconomic Basis Of Aristocratic Religious Activism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
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