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2. Nobility As Virtue and the Medieval Origins of the "Feudal-Military" View

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction xiii
  5. PART ONE. Medieval Views in the Sixteenth Century
  6. 1. The Military Profession As a Social Class in the Sixteenth Century 3
  7. 2. Nobility As Virtue and the Medieval Origins of the "Feudal-Military" View 21
  8. 3. The Ancient and Renaissance Italian Traditions and the Continued Predominance of the Medieval View 37
  9. PART TWO. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHANGE
  10. 4. Troubles of the 1570s and 1580s and the Beginnings of the Prise de Conscience 65
  11. 5. The Crucial Years: The Early 1590s 94
  12. PART THREE. THE MODERN VIEW EMERGES
  13. 6. The Separation of Virtue and Nobility and The Absolutist State in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century 115
  14. 7. Old and New Marques de Noblesse and the Diminished Importance of Nobility in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century 145
  15. 8. Education, the Academies, and the Emergence of the New Image of the Cultured Noble-Aristocrat 174
  16. 9. Conclusions and Perspectives 202
  17. Bibliography 223
  18. Index 233
  19. Backmatter 242
From Valor to Pedigree
This chapter is in the book From Valor to Pedigree
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400854325.21

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction xiii
  5. PART ONE. Medieval Views in the Sixteenth Century
  6. 1. The Military Profession As a Social Class in the Sixteenth Century 3
  7. 2. Nobility As Virtue and the Medieval Origins of the "Feudal-Military" View 21
  8. 3. The Ancient and Renaissance Italian Traditions and the Continued Predominance of the Medieval View 37
  9. PART TWO. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHANGE
  10. 4. Troubles of the 1570s and 1580s and the Beginnings of the Prise de Conscience 65
  11. 5. The Crucial Years: The Early 1590s 94
  12. PART THREE. THE MODERN VIEW EMERGES
  13. 6. The Separation of Virtue and Nobility and The Absolutist State in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century 115
  14. 7. Old and New Marques de Noblesse and the Diminished Importance of Nobility in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century 145
  15. 8. Education, the Academies, and the Emergence of the New Image of the Cultured Noble-Aristocrat 174
  16. 9. Conclusions and Perspectives 202
  17. Bibliography 223
  18. Index 233
  19. Backmatter 242
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