viii, 249 p. : 24 cm

Includes geneological tables

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : a more typical portrait -- Becoming noble in a small state -- An uncertain exile : Marc-Antoine de Mahuet in the court of Charles of Lorraine -- Surviving the Sun King : the Mahuet in French-occupied Lorraine -- The limits to success : Jean-François de Mahuet and the grand prévôté de Saint-Di? -- Conclusion : strategies of status and small-state nobles -- Appendixes: Genealogies of the Mahuet, Dattel, Richard, and d'Hoffelize families; The dukes of Lorraine, 1473-1737; A statistical survey of the Lorrain anoblis

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