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Helden sind zumindest in Deutschland Erscheinungen einer fernen Vergangenheit oder Gestalten, die eher fremden Kulturen angehören. Das gilt in ganz besonderer Weise für den heroischen Krieger aber auch andere Figuren, deren Taten und Leben in irgendeiner Weise politisch relevant sein könnten. Selbst der klassische Freiheitskämpfer hat keine wirkliche Konjunktur mehr. Es gab jedoch Zeiten, in denen dies anders war und nicht nur die politische Kultur, sondern auch gängige Verhaltensmuster und Ideale von Männlichkeit stark durch heroische Ideale geprägt waren. Vor der Französischen Revolution galt das allerdings in ganz Europa weniger für die gesamte Gesellschaft, sondern für bestimmte heroische Gemeinschaften, von denen der frühneuzeitliche Adel die prominenteste ist.Zentrales Thema dieses Bandes sind der Aufstieg und Niedergang des aristokratischen Heros vom späten 16. bis zur Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts in England und Frankreich. Dabei erweist sich, dass in Frankreich der adlige Held der Verbürgerlichung und Moralisierung des Heroischen am Ende zum Opfer fiel, während in England eine Transformation heroischer Verhaltensmuster gelang. Die traditionelle politisch-soziale Elite entwickelte hier neue heroische Verhaltensnormen, die auch noch in der commercial society des 18. Jahrhunderts in gewissem Umfang vermittelbar blieben, auch wenn im 19. Jahrhundert auch hier der bürgerliche Held immer mehr in den Vordergrund trat.

Aristocracy (Social class) --- History.

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"Ann Williams' important new book discusses the dynamics of English aristocratic society in a way that has not been explored before. She investigates the rewards and obligations of status including birth, wealth, the importance of public and royal service and the need to participate in local affairs, especially legal and administrative business. This period saw the birth of a 'lesser aristocracy', the ancestors of the English gentry, the power-house of society and politics in the late medieval and early modern periods. Going on to examine the obligations and rewards of lordship and the relations between lords and their men, Williams illustrates how status was displayed and covers the importance of the manorial house, which was at once a home, an estate centre and a symbol of authority and the insignia of rank in weaponry, clothing and personal adornment. The growing gap between the highest rank of society and the lowest, fuelled by underlying economic developments is also covered. In conclusion she considers some of the occupations which symbolized and perpetuated lordly power. Though the upper levels of aristocratic society were swept away by the Norman settlement, the 'lesser aristocracy' had a much higher rate of survival and it was this group who began the manorialization of English society, familiar from the late medieval period."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Aristocracy (Social class) --- History

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This book provides an evocative insight into the property, power, remarriage, and identity of high-ranking widows in two fundamentally different societies, Iceland and Yorkshire. The legal position of widows in each region is examined in light of evidence from charters, royal records and sagas to establish a detailed picture of practice. Comparison and family reconstruction are important elements, enabling the book to emphasize the placement of widows within the context of society and its institutions, and to consider fully the impact of individual circumstances on the widows’ opportunities for action. The result offers a fresh approach that tests widely accepted generalizations about widows’ independence, highlights differences between regions, and suggests the need to reconsider traditional, rigid definitions of kinship systems.

Widows --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- History

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Capitalists and financiers --- Aristocracy (Social class)

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This work, based on archival research, combines a collective portrait of aristocratic women with an analysis of the particular, class-specific form of patriarchy and gender relations that flourished among the upper classes in Yorkist and early Tudor England.

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