Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000

Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000
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Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781137327802
ISBN-13 : 1137327804
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Book Synopsis Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000 by : K. Schutte

Download or read book Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000 written by K. Schutte and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War.


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