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Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: State Power and Provincial Aristocracy in Languedoc

William Beik
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter (page N/A)
  • List of tables (page x)
  • List of figures (page xi)
  • Preface (page xii)
  • List of abbreviations (page xvi)
  • Map: Languedoc in the seventheeth century (page xviii)
  • PART ONE: INTRODUCTION (page 1)
  • 1 Absolutism and class (page 3)
  • 2 Languedoc and its rulers (page 34)
  • PART TWO: THE DISTRIBUTION OF AUTHORITY (page 57)
  • 3 Urban setting and local authorities (page 59)
  • 4 The sovereign courts: a provincial perspective (page 77)
  • 5 The royal agents: a national linkage (page 98)
  • 6 The Estates: central bargaining place (page 117)
  • 7 Contradictory aspirations and practical problems (page 149)
  • 8 The inadequacy of authority (page 179)
  • 9 The prospects for provincial solidarity (page 198)
  • PART FOUR: THE PROVINCE AND THE CROWN (page 221)
  • 10 Channels of personal influence (page 223)
  • 11 Tax flows and society (page 245)
  • 12 Collaborating with the king: positive results and fulfilled ambitions (page 279)
  • 13 Basking in the sun: the triumph of authority and hierarchy (page 303)
  • Conclusion (page 329)
  • Appendix: Breakdown of taxes from the diocese of Toulouse, 1677 (page 340)
  • Select bibliography (page 348)
  • Index (page 369)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JMH 59.3 (Sep. 1987): 585-587 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2801%28198709%2959%3A3%3C585%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9
AHR 91.5 (Dec. 1986): 1212-1213 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198612%2991%3A5%3C1212%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B
RQ 39.4 (Winter 1986): 775-779 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-4338%28198624%2939%3A4%3C775%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7
JEH 46.2 (Jun. 1986): 533-534 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28198606%2946%3A2%3C533%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B
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Published: 1985
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780521367820 (paper)
  • 9780521263092 (hardcover)
  • 9780511583797 (ebook)
Subject
  • European: 1400-1800
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