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The crisis of the aristocracy, 1558-1641

Lawrence Stone 1965 © Jeanne C. Stone Testimentary Trust
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  • 9780198213147 (hardcover)
Subject
  • European: 1400-1800
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

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  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (page xvi)
  • TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS (page xix)
  • I INTRODUCTION (page 1)
  • PART ONE THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS
  • II THE PEERAGE IN SOCIETY (page 21)
  • III THE INFLATION OF HONOURS (page 65)
  • IV ECONOMIC CHANGE (page 129)
  • V POWER (page 199)
  • PART TWO GETTING AND SPENDING (page 271)
  • VI ESTATE MANAGEMENT (page 273)
  • VII BUSINESS (page 335)
  • VIII OFFICE AND THE COURT (page 385)
  • IX CREDIT (page 505)
  • X CONSPICUOUS EXPENDITURE (page 547)
  • PART THREE MINDS AND MANNERS
  • XI MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY (page 589)
  • XII EDUCATION AND CULTURE (page 672)
  • XIII RELIGION (page 725)
  • XIV CONCLUSION: THE CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE (page 746)
  • Appendixes
  • I Mobility of Land, 1560-1699 (page 754)
  • II Grants of Arms, 1560-1639 (page 754)
  • III Creations of Knights, Baronets, Irish and English Peers, 1558-1641 (page 755)
  • IV Pre-1603 Peerage Creations: Increases and Decreases (page 756)
  • V 1603-41 Peerage Creations: Increases and Decreases (page 757)
  • VI Numbers and Composition of the Peerage, 1487-1641 (page 758)
  • VII Age of Title, 1558-1641 (page 759)
  • VIII Estimates of Gross Rental, 1559, 1602, 1641 (page 760)
  • IX Estimates of Gross Income, 1559, 1602, 1641 (page 762)
  • X Frequency Distribution of Manors, 1535, 1597-1608 (page 763)
  • XI Manorial Holdings, 1558-1641 (page 764)
  • XII Estimated Distribution of Income between Peers and Gentry in 1601 and 1688 (page 767)
  • XIII Fertility, 1540-1659 (page 768)
  • XIV Biological Failure, 1559-1641 (page 769)
  • XV Recorded Acts of Violence and Duels involving Peers, 1580-1639 (page 770)
  • XVI The Movement of Landed Income, 1530-1641 (page 771)
  • XVII Peers in business, 1560-1639 (page 773)
  • XVIII Net Profit from Customs Farms, c. 1606-12 (page 773)
  • XIX Offices and Rewards, 1558-1639 (page 774)
  • XX Lists of Debts with Names of Creditors, 1575-1660 (page 777)
  • XXI Heavy Debtors, c. 1601 (page 778)
  • XXII Debtors, c. 1641 (page 779)
  • APPENDIX XXIII Annual Expenditure, 1546-1651 (page 782)
  • XXIV Food Consumption, 1512-1650
  • XXV Funerals, 1489-1651 (page 783)
  • Note on Appendixes XXVI-XXXIII. Marriage Statistics (page 786)
  • XXVI Duration of First Marriages, 1558-1641 (page 787)
  • APPENDIX XXVII Age of Accession to Title, and Death, 1558-1641 (page 787)
  • XXVIII Total Number of Marriages, 1540-1659 (page 788)
  • XXIX Marriages with Heiresses, 1540-1659 (page 788)
  • XXX Social Status of Wives, 1540-1659 (page 788)
  • XXXI Marriage Portions offered by Peers, 1475-1724 (page 789)
  • XXXII The Portion/Jointure Ratio, 1485-1734 (page 790)
  • XXXIII Age at First Marriage, 1540-1659 (page 791)
  • XXXIV Matriculations at the Universities, 1550-1639 (page 791)
  • XXXV Admissions to the Inns of Court, 1550-1639 (page 792)
  • XXXVI The Grand Tour, 1560-1639 (page 792)
  • XXXVII Libraries (page 793)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
WMQ 3.24.2 (Apr., 1967): 302-304 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-5597%28196704%293%3A24%3A2%3C302%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I
JMH 38.4. (Dec., 1966): 428-429 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2801%28196612%2938%3A4%3C428%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-J
ASR 31.3 (Jun., 1966): 424 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-1224%28196606%2931%3A3%3C424%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-J
PSQ 81.2 (Jun., 1966): 306-307 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0032-3195%28196606%2981%3A2%3C306%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K
RN 19.1 (Spring 1966): 48-54 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0277-903X%28196621%2919%3A1%3C48%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E
JEH 26.1 (Mar., 1966): 135-137 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28196603%2926%3A1%3C135%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V
AHR 71.1 (Oct., 1965): 173-174 http://www.jstor.org/cgi-bin/jstor/viewitem/00028762/di951344/95p0084y
ENHR 81.320 (Jul. 1966): 562-565 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28196607%2981%3A320%3C562%3ATCOTA1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I
JEH 26.1 (Mar. 1966): 135-137 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28196603%2926%3A1%3C135%3ATCOTA1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R
HJ 9.1 (1966): 133-136 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2637733
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