Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000

An Open Elite?

Nonfiction, History, British, Modern
Cover of the book Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000 by K. Schutte, Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Author: K. Schutte ISBN: 9781137327802
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: May 15, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: K. Schutte
ISBN: 9781137327802
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: May 15, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War.

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Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War.

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