{"product_id":"nobles-and-nation-in-central-europe-free-imperial-knights-in-the-age-of-revolution-1750-1850-paperback-9780521123150","title":"Nobles and Nation in Central Europe; Free Imperial Knights in the Age of Revolution, 1750–1850 (Paperback) 9780521123150","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNobles and Nation in Central Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFree Imperial Knights in the Age of Revolution, 1750–1850\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA groundbreaking history of nobles in Central Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam D. Godsey, Jr (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521123150, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 12 November 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...provides an important contribution to the question of noble identity in Central Europe.\" -Rita Krueger, Austrian History Yearbook\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a study of Central European nobles in revolution. As one of Germany's richest, most insular and most autonomous nobilities, the Free Knights in Electoral Mainz represented the early modern noble ideal of pure bloodlines and cosmopolitan loyalties in the old society of orders. But this world came to an end with the outbreak of the revolutionary wars in 1792. Quite apart from the social, economic and political dislocations and loss, the era from 1789 to 1815 also meant a cultural reorientation for the nobility. William D. Godsey, Jr here explores how nobles in post-revolutionary Germany gradually abandoned their old self-understanding and assimilated with the new cultural 'nation' while aristocrats in the Habsburg Empire, which had taken in many emigres from Mainz, moved instead towards supranationalism. This is a major contribution to debates about the relationship between identity, cultural nationalism, supranationalism and religion in Germany and the Habsburg Empire.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Wealth and noble autonomy: the free imperial knights in Maine on the eve of revolution\u003cbr\u003e 2. Nobles becoming Germans: the transformation of a concept\u003cbr\u003e 3. Nobles becoming Germans: the destruction of a 'geo-cultural landscape'\u003cbr\u003e 4. Between destruction and survival: knights on the Middle Rhine 1750–1850\u003cbr\u003e 5. The past recaptured: knights in the Habsburg Empire 1792–1848\u003cbr\u003e 6. From cathedral canons to priests: the Coudenhoves and the 'Catholic revival'\u003cbr\u003e 7. The beginnings of conservative German nationalism: the 'naturalization' of Baron Carl vom und zum Stein (1757–1831)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Families of Free Imperial Knights (1797).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Revolutionary groups \u0026amp; movements [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Revolutionary groups \u0026amp; movements\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Revolutionary%20groups%20\u0026amp;%20movements%20%5BJPWQ%5D%22\"\u003eJPWQ\u003c\/a\u003e], Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Revolutions,%20uprisings,%20rebellions%20%5BHBTV%5D%22\"\u003eHBTV\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006551216408,"sku":"9780521123150","price":35.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521123150i_dabeb16b-e8a4-4990-b5ae-fea1c9341e7f.jpg?v=1691371768","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nobles-and-nation-in-central-europe-free-imperial-knights-in-the-age-of-revolution-1750-1850-paperback-9780521123150","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}