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Status Interaction during the Reign of Louis XIV (The Past and Present Book Series)
Giora Sternberg
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Description for Status Interaction during the Reign of Louis XIV (The Past and Present Book Series)
Paperback. Studies the way in which status symbols operated as a key tool for defining and redefining identities, relations, and power in the hierarchical world of Louis XIV's court. Series: The Past & Present Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 black & white figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Who preceded whom? Who wore what? Which form of address should one use? One of the most striking aspects of the early modern period is the crucial significance that contemporaries ascribed to such questions. In this hierarchical world, status symbols did not simply mirror a pre-defined social and political order; rather, they operated as a key tool for defining and redefining identities, relations, and power. Centuries later, scholars face the twofold challenge of evaluating status interaction in an era where its open pursuit is no longer as widespread and legitimate, and of deciphering its highly sophisticated and often implicit codes. ... Read more
Who preceded whom? Who wore what? Which form of address should one use? One of the most striking aspects of the early modern period is the crucial significance that contemporaries ascribed to such questions. In this hierarchical world, status symbols did not simply mirror a pre-defined social and political order; rather, they operated as a key tool for defining and redefining identities, relations, and power. Centuries later, scholars face the twofold challenge of evaluating status interaction in an era where its open pursuit is no longer as widespread and legitimate, and of deciphering its highly sophisticated and often implicit codes. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Past & Present Book Series
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198754350
SKU
V9780198754350
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About Giora Sternberg
Giora Sternberg began his academic studies at the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students at Tel Aviv University, where he completed a BSc in Computer Science and Humanities, and an MA in History. He then came to Oxford for a DPhil in History. Following three years at the Harvard Society of Fellows, he returned to Oxford in 2012 to ... Read more
Reviews for Status Interaction during the Reign of Louis XIV (The Past and Present Book Series)
Giora Sternberg has made an exceedingly impressive debut ... It will be an indispensable work on the political culture for anyone researching the governmental or elite social history of France for years to come, and also ... for those who will look at other states in the old regime period
Guy Rowlands, History
The expression "status interaction" so ... Read more
Guy Rowlands, History
The expression "status interaction" so ... Read more