State and Nobility in Early Modern Germany - Hillay (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Zmora - Bog

This book offers a new paradigm of the history of the German nobility in the early modern period. It shows that, contrary to the prevailing view, the nobility was not in a period of crisis but rather underwent a process of social stratification which, in alliance with the bourgeoisie, was the driving force in early modern Germany.