David Higgs was a professor of history at the University of Toronto. He specialized in social history, political history, queer studies, and cultural history in the Atlantic world. He also authored Ultraroyalism in Toulouse: From Its Origins to the Revolution of 1830.

• List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Note to the Reader Chapter 1. The Number of NoblesChapter 2. Noble Landholders Chapter 3. Three Family Profiles, 1800-1870Chapter 4. Noble WealthChapter 5. Nobles and Politics Chapter 6. Nobles and Religion Chapter 7. The Noble Family ConclusionAppendix 1. The Tax Load of French Departments, 1831 Appendix 2. The Marriage Contract between Charles François Armand de Maillé de la Tour Landry and Blanche-Joséphine Le Bascle d'Argenteuil, 1809 Appendix 3. The Will of Alexandre-Charles-Marie-Ernest de Canouville, 1861 Note on Sources Notes Glossary Index

David Higgs was a professor of history at the University of Toronto. He specialized in social history, political history, queer studies, and cultural history in the Atlantic world. He also authored Ultraroyalism in Toulouse: From Its Origins to the Revolution of 1830.

• List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Note to the Reader Chapter 1. The Number of NoblesChapter 2. Noble Landholders Chapter 3. Three Family Profiles, 1800-1870Chapter 4. Noble WealthChapter 5. Nobles and Politics Chapter 6. Nobles and Religion Chapter 7. The Noble Family ConclusionAppendix 1. The Tax Load of French Departments, 1831 Appendix 2. The Marriage Contract between Charles François Armand de Maillé de la Tour Landry and Blanche-Joséphine Le Bascle d'Argenteuil, 1809 Appendix 3. The Will of Alexandre-Charles-Marie-Ernest de Canouville, 1861 Note on Sources Notes Glossary Index

David Higgs was a professor of history at the University of Toronto. He specialized in social history, political history, queer studies, and cultural history in the Atlantic world. He also authored Ultraroyalism in Toulouse: From Its Origins to the Revolution of 1830.

• List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Note to the Reader Chapter 1. The Number of NoblesChapter 2. Noble Landholders Chapter 3. Three Family Profiles, 1800-1870Chapter 4. Noble WealthChapter 5. Nobles and Politics Chapter 6. Nobles and Religion Chapter 7. The Noble Family ConclusionAppendix 1. The Tax Load of French Departments, 1831 Appendix 2. The Marriage Contract between Charles François Armand de Maillé de la Tour Landry and Blanche-Joséphine Le Bascle d'Argenteuil, 1809 Appendix 3. The Will of Alexandre-Charles-Marie-Ernest de Canouville, 1861 Note on Sources Notes Glossary Index