K. Schutte

Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000: An Open Elite?

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Modern History
• Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349460205
• ISBN-10: 1349460206
• Artikelnr.: 45756308

Autorenporträt

Kimberly Schutte is currently Visiting Assistant Professor at the State University of New York, at Brockport, USA. Her work focuses on the lives and careers of the aristocracy, particularly aristocratic women. She is the author of A Biography of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (1515-1578) (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Prologue: Identity and Rank PART I: THE STATISTICAL SIDE OF
THE STORY 1. The Basic Marriage Patterns 2. 'British' Marriages 3. An Open
Aristocracy? PART II: THE LESS STATISTICAL ASPECTS OF THE STORY 4. The
Marriage Market 5. Practical Considerations 6. Kinship Groups 7. Elopement
and Defiant Matches Conclusion