In this volume on the comparative study of nobility, historians, sociologists and anthropologists focus on the different processes of transformation that aristo

An authoritative and accessible survey of the European nobility over four centuries.

In this volume on the history of the European nobility in the modern era, the boundary between the early modern and 'real' modern periods around 1800 is deliber

Glassheim examines the transformation of Bohemian noble identity from the rise of mass politics in the late 19th century to the descent of the Iron Curtain afte

This book provides a full account of the Italian nobility in the post-unification era. It challenges interpretations which have stressed the rapid fusion of old