The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century

Download or read book The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century written by Jeremy Black and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2003-07-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerzy Lukowski shows the pressures and tensions, both from below and from governments, which increasingly challenged traditional ruling groups in Europe during the century before the French Revolution. The position of the nobility depended on a stable world which accepted their authority; but that world was becoming fractured as a result of social and economic developments and new ideas. Lukowski explains the basic mechanisms of noble existence and examines how the European nobility sought to preserve a sense of solidarity in the midst of widespread change.