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Author Doyle, William, 1942-

Title Aristocracy : a very short introduction / William Doyle
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 121 pages) : illustrations
Series Very short introductions ; 251
Very short introductions ; 251.
Contents Meanings and entitlements -- Myths and beliefs -- Living nobly -- Impacts and legacies -- Aristocracy eclipsed
Summary This engaging introduction shows how ideas of aristocracy originated in ancient times, were transformed in the middle ages, and have only fallen apart over the last two centuries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-114) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Aristocracy (Social class)
Aristocracy (Political science)
Aristocracy (Social class) -- History
Aristocracy (Political science) -- History
aristocracies.
aristocracy (social class)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
Aristocracy (Political science)
Aristocracy (Social class)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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