The State in Early Modern France - Brossura

Collins, James B.

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ISBN 10: 0521130255 ISBN 13: 9780521130257

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

A new edition of James Collins's acclaimed synthesis that challenged longstanding views of the origins of modern states and absolute monarchy through an analysis of early modern Europe's most important continental state. Incorporating recent scholarship on the French state and his own research, James Collins has revised the text throughout. He examines recent debates on 'absolutism'; presents a fresh interpretation of the Fronde and of French society in the eighteenth century; includes additional material on French colonies and overseas trade; and ties recent theoretical work into a new chapter on Louis XIV. He argues that the monarchical state came into being around 1630, matured between 1690 and 1730 and, in a new final chapter, shows that the period May 1787 to June 1789 was an interregnum, with the end of the Ancien Régime coming not in 1789 but with the dissolution of the Assembly of Notables on 25 May 1787.

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'The reader who savours the full pleasures of this book will be able to feel that he or she, at the end of it all, has a real grasp of both what happened in the old Bourbon state and how it functioned, changed and came apart. One could scarcely ask more of an introductory work; and one can only regret that more supposedly 'introductory' textbooks do not come up to Professor Collins's exacting standards.' French History

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This new edition of James Collins's acclaimed textbook has been revised throughout, incorporating the extensive recent scholarship on the French state. It examines the recent debates on 'absolutism'; presents fresh interpretations of the Fronde and of French society in the eighteenth century; and includes a new chapter on Louis XIV.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521130255
• ISBN 13: 9780521130257
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 438