Contested Spaces of Nobility in Early Modern Europe 9781409405528, 9781409405511

In recent years scholars have increasingly challenged and reassessed the once established concept of the 'crisis of

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Contested Spaces of Nobility in Early Modern Europe
9781409405528, 9781409405511

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Secrets in all their variety permeated early modern Europe, from the whispers of ambassadors at court to the emphaticall

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