„… Lithuanian nobility fragmented into fractions and local aristocrats had hardly any chance.7 Some Polish …” „… : many Poles, foremost the poorer nobility of Lesser Poland, in general disliked German speaking people …” „… House of Habsburg because they suspected despotism and intolerance. The Polish nobility had clear …”

„… political nation represented by the Estates, above all the nobility. An institution of elections was well …” „… Land contained an important institution of the participation of the nobility in the process. Although …” „… to doubt its simultaneous existence in Moravia. The nobility was dissatisfied with the arbitrary …”

„… nobility 1450 – 1618) which was published in 2015. 167Notes on Contributors Dorit Raines is associate …”

„… considerable sum of money to buy the votes of the poor nobility of the Grand Council it’s the general opinion …”

„… sustains the monarchical state. The monarch cannot rule by paternal power without the nobility’s readiness …” „… primarily a characteristic of the nobility. Montesquieu defines honour as ‘the prejudice of each person and …” „… to serve the crown, while the nobility owes its privileged position in government to the monarch …”

„… , Davis, The French Nobility in Crisis, 1560–1640, Stanford 1969. Blaschke, Karlheinz, Das Bauernlegen in …” „… interdisziplinär 2), Heidelberg 2020. Bohanan, Donna, Crown and Nobility in Early Modern France, Basingstoke 2001 …” „… . Dewald, Jonathan, The European Nobility 1400–1800, Cambridge 1996. Dietrich, Reinhard, „… wegen geführten …”

„… sich der Adel im unternehmerischen Ausbau seines Grundbesitzes engagierte; vgl. Stone, Nobility, S. 57 …” „… . Pike, Enterprise, 9f., 39-43, 48-83; dies., Nobility, S. 450-456. 180 Vgl. Martin Khull-Kholwald, Der …” „… , Kreditbeziehungen, S. 41f. 200 Vgl. Gregory W. Pedlow, The Survival of the Hessian Nobility 1770–1870, New Jersey …”

„… Sevillian Nobility and Trade with the New World in Sixteenth Century, in: The Business History Review 39/4 …” „… aufzeigt. Weiterhin relevant: Ellery Schalk, From Valor to Pedigree. Ideas of Nobility in France in the …” „… the Holstein Nobility in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, in: Explorations in Entrepreneurial …”

„… erkannten, bei Jonathan Dewald, The European Nobility 1400– 1800, Cambridge 1996, S. 33-36. Bereits 1474 …” „… des Ruhrgebiets hervorta- Wieland (Hg.), What Makes the Nobility Noble? Comparative Perspectives from …”

„… des (niederen) Adels keine Möglichkeit der Etablierung in der nobility erhielten. Konsequent und zügig …” „… Versicherung und der gruppenspezifischen Solida- 392 Vgl. Maneval, Majorate, 85-132; Pike, Nobility, S. 441 …”

„… . 638 Vgl. Treue, Verhältnis, S. 26; Stone, Nobility, S. 61; Wunder, Adel, S. 618. 639 Lenger, Adel, Kap …”

„… mention the loyal stand taken by key members of the high nobility, the rebellion rapidly lost momentum …” „… gratuitously debasing conditions by the nobility as a whole. To the utter dismay of Di Sangro’s peers …” „… ducats was mentioned in 1628 as the “solito donativo” voted by the Nea-politan nobility. See De Angelis …”

„… Eine genaue Anzahl an Gondeln konnte er nicht ermitteln: The Nobility and other rich Inhabitants of …”

„… nobility had five votes and the People only one. Thus the government of the city was effectively in the …”

„… group of nobility against King Wenceslas IV († 1419) at the turn of the 15th century, with religious …” „… (War and violence as the social code of Czech late medieval nobility), in: Český časopis historický 115 …” „… violent behavior of nobility documented in chronicles written by burghers, it seems unlikely that this …”

„… majority of the nobility on his side including the mighty Douglas family under Archibald the Grim. As soon …” „… Scottish nobility was shocked that James I actually conducted the executions.42 This might well have been …” „… the nobility in 1458, pledging that he should desist from using violence in pursuing his political …”