Title State and status : the rise of the state and aristocratic power in Western Europe / Samuel Clark

Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 502 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents France -- Lotharingia -- The British Isles -- The decline of lordship -- Status power -- Economic power -- Political power -- Cultural power Summary "State and Status is an examination of the rise of the centralized state and its effect on the power of the aristocracy during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries in the British Isles and in France and its eastern periphery." "Arguing that states emerged in Western Europe as powerful political-geographical centres rather than nation-states or national states, Samuel Clark examines and compares the centres and peripheries of these two large regional zones, focusing not only on England and France but also on Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Savoy, and the Southern Low Countries. This wide-ranging and multi-faceted work shows how the state shaped the aristocracy and transformed its political, economic, cultural, and status power." "Theoretically significant and conceptually sophisticated, State and Status is the first book to link the anti-functionalist historical sociology of Western Europe with the functionalist or neo-functionalist tradition. It is also the first sociological analysis in many years of the evolution of status in Western Europe."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-478) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Aristocracy (Social class) -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Power (Social sciences) -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Aristocracy (Social class) -- Europe -- History Power (Social sciences) -- Europe -- History State, The. State, The -- History Power (Social sciences) -- France -- History Power (Social sciences) -- England -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Aristocracy (Social class) Power (Social sciences) State, The Staat Gründung Aristokratie Macht Adel. Staatsvorming. Centralisme. Aristocratie -- Europe -- 1500-1800. État -- 1500-1800. Pouvoir (sciences sociales) Sociologie historique. France England Europe Frankreich Großbritannien Lorraine Région Westeuropa Europe -- Politique et gouvernement. Europe -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1648-1789. Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 95227705 ISBN 9780773564954 0773564950 1282857126 9781282857124 9786612857126 6612857129

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