TY - BOOK ID - 4893360 TI - Adel, Aristokratie, Elite : Sozialgeschichte von Oben PY - 2016 SN - 9783050050669 3050050667 PB - Berlin De Gruyter Oldenbourg DB - UniCat KW - Nobility KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Aristocracy (Social class) KW - Noblesse KW - Elite (Sciences sociales) KW - Aristocratie KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Germany KW - Allemagne KW - Social conditions KW - Conditions sociales KW - History. KW - Social classes KW - Social classes History KW - Social classes Germany KW - Elites (Social sciences) KW - Leadership KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Social groups KW - Aristocracy (Social class) History. KW - Aristocracy (Social class) Germany KW - Noble class KW - Noble families KW - Nobles (Social class) KW - Peerage KW - Upper class KW - Titles of honor and nobility UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4893360 AB - Only quite recently has the nobility become a focus of social history. Heinz Reif, the pioneer and dean of German nobility research, analyzes the functions of the nobility in terms of rule, property, self-presentation, political power, and adaptability. In addition, the essays collected in this volume discuss broader questions in modern research on elites. ER -