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Book SynopsisHere is a broad and richly documented examination of a little studied social group--the German nobility outside Prussia. Gregory Pedlow considers the nobles of the small but representative state of Hesse-Kassel from the end of the ancien regime to the era of German unification. Although this period has been most often described in terms of the "tri
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*LIST OF TABLES, pg. xi*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. Hesse-Kassel: Land and Politics, pg. 7*2. The Hessian Nobility, pg. 17*3. The Noble Family, pg. 35*4. Landowning, pg. 65*5. The Landed Estate, pg. 103*6. Careers of Nobles, pg. 144*7. The Politics of the Nobility, pg. 197*Conclusion, pg. 251*Appendix A. Families in the Hessian Ritterschaft during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, pg. 259*Appendix B. Ennoblement of Hessians, pg. 261*Appendix C. Tables of Ranks, pg. 264*Appendix D. Fertility Statistics and Comparisons, pg. 266*Appendix E. Hessian VVeights, Measures, and Money, pg. 269*Sources and Bibliography, pg. 271*Index, pg. 291
