Nobles and nation in Central Europe

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"This is a study of Central European nobles in revolution. William D. Godsey, Jr. here explores how nobles in post-revolutionary Germany gradually abandoned their old self-understanding and assimilated with the new cultural 'nation' while aristocrats in the Hapsburg Empire, which had taken in many emigres from Mainz, moved instead towards supranationalism. This is a major contribution to debates about the relationship between identity, cultural nationalism, supranationalism, and religion in Germany and the Hapsburg Empire."--Jacket.