The Nobility of Toulouse in the Eighteenth Century

The Nobility of Toulouse in the Eighteenth Century

by Robert Forster
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 24/03/2020

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Originally published in 1960. This is a regional study of the nobility of Toulouse in the eighteenth century. The complex notion of class and the peculiarities of each region in France during the Ancien Régime make it difficult for historians to render a general portrait of the provincial French aristocracy. This study describes the economic interests and investments of noblemen in Toulouse. Some of their activities follow the classic pattern of "seigniorial reaction" and thus illustrate ideas posed by Marc Bloch. Others suggest that the Toulousian gentlemen were conscientious landlords. The Toulousian noble was essentially a gentilhomme campagnard, a country gentleman, in regard to his source of revenue, his outlook, and his mode of living. This book should make clear the full meaning of this expression.

ISBN:
9781421431154
9781421431154
Category:
European history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
24-03-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Robert Forster

Robert Forster is a Brisbane- born and based musician and writer. In 1978 he co-founded with friend and fellow singer-songwriter Grant McLennan the internationally acclaimed rock band The Go-Betweens.

They released nine albums during their career; their sixth, 16 Lovers Lane, was placed at twelve on The Hundred Best Australian Albums list, and their last, Oceans Apart, won the 2005 ARIA award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. In 2006 McLennan passed away, and four years later Brisbane honoured the cultural influence of the band by naming a new river bridge the Go Between Bridge.

In 2015 Forster curated the box set G Stands for Go-Betweens Volume 1 1978–84, and released his first solo album in seven years, Songs to Play, to strong reviews. This enabled him to recommence touring, which he does to the present day. A parallel career began for Forster in 2005, when he was appointed music critic for The Monthly.

A year later he won the Geraldine Pascall Prize for this writing; and a collection of his journalism, The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll, was successfully published in 2009, with a revised edition appearing in the UK two years later.

Forster left The Monthly in 2013 to devote more time to writing Grant and I, a memoir of his and McLennan's friendship, which will be released in 2016. In 2015 Forster's alma mater, the University of Queensland, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters.

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