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Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485–2000Prologue: Identity and Rank

Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485–2000: Prologue: Identity and Rank [As a group, for the British nobility much of the self- understanding of their identity came from their inclusion in the titular nobility. This identity was foundational to the existence of the women of this rank for most of the period under consideration here. Because of that, a great deal of effort went into preserving that position and for women that meant that appropriate marriages were extraordinarily important.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485–2000Prologue: Identity and Rank

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
ISBN
978-1-349-46021-2
Pages
11 –20
DOI
10.1057/9781137327802_2
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Abstract

[As a group, for the British nobility much of the self- understanding of their identity came from their inclusion in the titular nobility. This identity was foundational to the existence of the women of this rank for most of the period under consideration here. Because of that, a great deal of effort went into preserving that position and for women that meant that appropriate marriages were extraordinarily important.]

Published: Nov 29, 2015

Keywords: Sixteenth Century; Estate Society; Rank Identity; Henry VIII; Endogamous Marriage

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