Princes Patronage And The Nobility

Author : Ronald G. Asch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015021885051

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Princes, Patronage, and the Nobility by Ronald G. Asch Pdf

Using a comparative perspective, this volume studies the court as a crucial center of government and politics, as well as the dominant focus for the ruling elites. The essays explore how the early modern court gradually developed from the medieval royal household to its very different form in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Comparing England, Germany, France, Spain as well as the Netherlands and Italy, the editors find that several common themes emerge: the problem of integrating a number of often vastly different provinces and principalities through the attraction of a court; the capital city's function as the basis of the court and as its rival; the role of the Court during the great religious conflicts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; and the court as an instrument for domesticating the nobility and a stronghold of aristocratic influence.

Author : Elizabeth Gemmill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843838128

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The Nobility and Ecclesiastical Patronage in Thirteenth-century England by Elizabeth Gemmill Pdf

"While there has been work on the nobility as patrons of monasteries, this is the first real study of them as patrons of parish churches, and is thus the first study to tackle the subject as a whole. Illustrated with a wealth of detail, it will become an indispensable work of reference for those interested in lay patronage and the Church more generally in the middle ages." Professor David Carpenter, Department of History, King's College London This book provides the first full-length, integrated study of the ecclesiastical patronage rights of the nobility in medieval England. It examines the nature and extent of these rights, how they were used, why and for whom they were valuable, what challenges lay patrons faced, and how they looked to the future in making gifts to the Church. It takes as its focus the thirteenth century, a critical period for the survival and development of these rights, being a time of ambitious Church reform, of great change in patterns of land ownership in the ranks of the higher nobility, and of bold assertion by the English Crown of its claims to control Church property. The thirteenth century also saw a proliferation of record keeping on the part of kings, bishops and nobility, and the author uses new evidence from a range of documentary sources to explore the nature of the relationships between the English nobility, the Church and its clergy, a relationship in which patronage was the essential feature. Dr Elizabeth Gemmill is University Lecturer in Local History and Fellow of Kellogg College. University of Oxford.

Author : Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1704 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Reference
ISBN : MSU:31293106125739

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The Titled Nobility of Europe by Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval Pdf

Author : Hillay Zmora
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134747993

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Monarchy, Aristocracy and State in Europe 1300-1800 by Hillay Zmora Pdf

Monarchy, Aristocracy and the State in Europe 1300 - 1800 is an important survey of the relationship between monarchy and state in early modern European history. Spanning five centuries and covering England, France, Spain, Germany and Austria, this book considers the key themes in the formation of the modern state in Europe. The relationship of the nobility with the state is the key to understanding the development of modern government in Europe. In order to understand the way modern states were formed, this book focusses on the implications of the incessant and costly wars which European governments waged against each other, which indeed propelled the modern state into being. Monarchy, Aristocracy and the State in Europe 1300-1800 takes a fascinating thematic approach, providing a useful survey of the position and role of the nobility in the government of states in early modern Europe.

Author : Keith M Brown
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748681198

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Noble Power in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution by Keith M Brown Pdf

Analyses the relations between nobility, crown and state, first in Scotland and then in the first courts of the unified kingdoms.

Author : Robert von Friedeburg,John Morrill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316510247

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Monarchy Transformed by Robert von Friedeburg,John Morrill Pdf

"Until the 1960s, it was widely assumed that in Western Europe the 'New Monarchy' propelled kingdoms and principalities onto a modern nation-state trajectory. John I of Portugal (1358-1433), Charles VII (1403-1461) and Louis XI (1423-1483) of France, Henry VII and Henry VIII of England (1457-1509, 1509-1553), Isabella of Castile (1474-1504) and Ferdinand of Aragon (1479-1516) were, by improving royal administration, by bringing more continuity to communication with their estates and by introducing more regular taxation, all seen to have served that goal. In this view, princes were assigned to the role of developing and implementing the sinews of state as a sovereign entity characterized by the coherence of its territorial borders and its central administration and government. They shed medieval traditions of counsel and instead enforced relations of obedience toward the emerging 'state'."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Janet Dickinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317323501

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Court Politics and the Earl of Essex, 1589–1601 by Janet Dickinson Pdf

The 1590s have long been considered as having had a distinct character, separate from the remainder of Elizabeth’s reign. This book provides a reassessment of the politics and political culture of this significant period.

Author : G. W. Bernard
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0719036259

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The Tudor Nobility by G. W. Bernard Pdf

Author : Gerard Nijsten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521820758

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In the Shadow of Burgundy by Gerard Nijsten Pdf

In recent years the study of medieval courts has become a flourishing field. The courts of kings and popes, or of the Burgundian dukes, have usually attracted most attention. This book offers by contrast a wide-ranging study of a little-known, medium-sized court - that of Guelders in the Low Countries. Guelders offers an excellent vantage point for the study of European late medieval court culture. It was surrounded by the vast territories of the dukes of Burgundy, and it felt the growing power of the Valois dukes, yet the duchy managed to remain independent until 1473. Rich archival sources - including a long and virtually unbroken series of ducal accounts - reveal much about the rise of territorial or 'proto-national' awareness and about the role of the court in this process. The book also conveys the striking cultural and political richness of the court, poised between French and German spheres of influence.

Author : Richard J. Ninness
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000285048

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German Imperial Knights by Richard J. Ninness Pdf

The German imperial knights were branded disobedient, criminal, or treasonous, but instead of finding themselves on the wrong side of history, they resisted marginalization and adapted through a combination of conservative and progressive strategies. The knights tried to turn the elite world on its head through their constant challenges to the princes in the realms of both culture and governance. They held their own chivalric tournaments from 1479-1487, and defied the emperor and powerful princes in refusing to obey laws that violated custom. But their resistance led to a series of disasters in the 1520s: their leaders were hunted down and their castles destroyed. Having failed on their own, they turned to Emperor Charles V in the 1540s and the imperial knighthood was formed. This new status stabilized their position and provided them with important rights, including the choice between Lutheranism and Catholicism. During the Reformation era (1517-1648), no other German group embraced diversity in religion like the imperial knights. Despite the popularity of Protestantism in the group, they stood up to their princely adversaries, now Protestant, becoming champions of the Catholic Church and proved themselves just as staunch defenders of the Church as the Habsburg and Wittelsbach dynasties.

Author : Jonathan Dewald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 052142528X

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The European Nobility, 1400-1800 by Jonathan Dewald Pdf

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

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004258396

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The Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-waiting across Early Modern Europe by Anonim Pdf

The Politics of Female Households is the first collection that seeks to integrate ladies-in-waiting into the master narrative of early modern court studies. Presenting evidence and analysis of the multifarious ways in which ‘women above stairs’ shaped the European courts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it argues for a re-assessment of their political influence. The cultural agency of ladies-in-waiting is viewed in the reflection of portraiture, pamphlets and masques: their political dealings and patronage are revealed through analysis of letters, family networks, career patterns, gift exchange and household structures, as well as their activities in the fields of intelligence-gathering and espionage. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of female agency, this collection demonstrates clearly that the political climate of Europe was often shaped outside the male-dominated institutions of government and administration. Contributors include: Helen Graham-Matheson, Hannah Leah Crummé, Katrin Keller, Vanessa de Cruz, Birgit Houben, Dries Raeymaekers, Janet Ravenscroft, Una McIlvenna, Rosalind K. Marshall, Oliver Mallick, Cynthia Fry, Nadine Akkerman, Sara J. Wolfson, Fabian Persson, and Jeroen Duindam.

Author : Charles Lipp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317160366

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Contested Spaces of Nobility in Early Modern Europe by Charles Lipp Pdf

In recent years scholars have increasingly challenged and reassessed the once established concept of the 'crisis of the nobility' in early-modern Europe. Offering a range of case studies from countries across Europe this collection further expands our understanding of just how the nobility adapted to the rapidly changing social, political, religious and cultural circumstances around them. By allowing readers to compare and contrast a variety of case studies across a range of national and disciplinary boundaries, a fuller - if more complex - picture emerges of the strategies and actions employed by nobles to retain their influence and wealth. The nobility exploited Renaissance science and education, disruptions caused by war and religious strife, changing political ideas and concepts, the growth of a market economy, and the evolution of centralized states in order to maintain their lineage, reputation, and position. Through an examination of the differing strategies utilized to protect their status, this collection reveals much about the fundamental role of the 'second order' in European history and how they had to redefine the social and cultural 'spaces' in which they found themselves. By using a transnational and comparative approach to the study of the European nobility, the volume offers exciting new perspectives on this important, if often misunderstood, social group.

Author : Professor Charles Lipp,Professor Matthew P Romaniello
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409482062

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Contested Spaces of Nobility in Early Modern Europe by Professor Charles Lipp,Professor Matthew P Romaniello Pdf

In recent years scholars have increasingly challenged and reassessed the once established concept of the 'crisis of the nobility' in early-modern Europe. Offering a range of case studies from countries across Europe this collection further expands our understanding of just how the nobility adapted to the rapidly changing social, political, religious and cultural circumstances around them. By allowing readers to compare and contrast a variety of case studies across a range of national and disciplinary boundaries, a fuller - if more complex - picture emerges of the strategies and actions employed by nobles to retain their influence and wealth. The nobility exploited Renaissance science and education, disruptions caused by war and religious strife, changing political ideas and concepts, the growth of a market economy, and the evolution of centralized states in order to maintain their lineage, reputation, and position. Through an examination of the differing strategies utilized to protect their status, this collection reveals much about the fundamental role of the 'second order' in European history and how they had to redefine the social and cultural 'spaces' in which they found themselves. By using a transnational and comparative approach to the study of the European nobility, the volume offers exciting new perspectives on this important, if often misunderstood, social group.

Author : Nicolae Alexandru Virastau
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004459557

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Early Modern French Autobiography by Nicolae Alexandru Virastau Pdf

In this book, Nicolae Alexandru Virastau offers an enlightening account of the origins of one of Europe’s most influential autobiographical traditions.