Essays about: "probate records"

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  1. 1. Cultural Materiality : The correlation between material and cultural capital in the late eighteenth century Stockholm elite burgher home

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Marcus Falk; [2018]
    Keywords : early modern history; eighteenth century; cultural capital; social capital; middling class; burgher history; Stockholm; status presentation; probate records;

    Abstract : The eighteenth century saw the slow but steady rise of the middling classes to their nineteenth century social and cultural prominence, reinforced by a changing political landscape and the steadily increasing importance of the market. As the social and cultural power of the city burghers making up the majority of the middling classes grew, so did they start to consume in a manner to reflect to their new status in society. READ MORE