Jonathan Dewald

Les Rohan étaient riches, puissants et respectés, mais leur position apparemment assurée au sommet de la société française présentait aussi des faiblesses. Les finances familiales étaient instables et les intérêts divergents des membres de la... Lire la suite

In Status, Power, and Identity in Early Modern France, Jonathan Dewald explores European aristocratic society by looking closely at one of its most prominent families. The Rohan were rich, powerful, and respected, but Dewald shows that there were... Lire la suite

Today’s interest in social history and private life is often seen as a twentieth-century innovation. Most often Lucien Febvre and the Annales school in France are credited with making social history a widely accepted way for historians to approach... Lire la suite

L'identità e le vicende della classe nobiliare costituiscono un eccellente punto di osservazione per comprendere appieno la complessa evoluzione della società europea nell'età moderna. Avendo influenzato e controllato fino a tutto l'Ottocento buona... Lire la suite