 Vieilles familles et propriété neuve – Spéculations sur les biens nationaux dans les départements rhénansGabriele Clemens
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: The sale of national domains offered the traditional wealthy elites of the Ancien Regime the opportunity to consolidate, and in some instances significantly increase, their economic and social status. The revolutionary legislation abolished the feudal system of land tenure, which fundamentally changed the legal character of land property thus making it available for sale. The real estate buyers invested their profits on the newly established real estate market in turn in a traditional way predominantly by buying land and real estate, which is proven by property tax lists and testaments. In conclusion, it can be stated that real estate property formed the basis of the social, economic and political order, both in Napoleonic France and the Prussian Rhineland. A considerable portion of the Rhenish notables owed their wealth, their power, their influence and their social prestige not least to the purchase of and trading with national domains. Keywords: prestige; propriété terrienne; fortune; notables; Biens nationaux; National domains; real estate; political elites; wealth; élites politiques (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in La Révolution française - Cahiers de l’Institut d’histoire de la Révolution française, 2018, Régimes de la propriété, entre l'ancien et le nouveau, 15 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01957474 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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