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Provincial Power and Absolute Monarchy

by Julian Swann
Provincial Power and Absolute Monarchy

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ISBN13: 9780521827676
ISBN10: 0521827671



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The first book in English to study the history of the Estates General of Burgundy.

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1. Ancien régime Burgundy; 2. Historians, absolute monarchy and the provincial estates; 3. The Estates General of Burgundy; 4. Nosseigneurs les élus and the officers of the Estates; 5. The provincial administration: authority and enforcement; 6. 'It's raining taxes': Paying for the sun king, 1661-1715; 7. Provincial administration in an age of iron, 1661-1715; 8. The limits of absolutism: crown, governor and the Estates in the eighteenth century; 9. Provincial rivalries: the Estates and the parlement of Dijon in the eighteenth century; 10. Tax, borrow, lend: crown, Estates and finance, 1715-1789; 11. An Enlightened administration, 1715-1789?; 12. The verdict of public opinion; Conclusion.


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ISBN:
9780521827676
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
08/21/2003
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Series info:
New Studies in European History
Language:
English
Pages:
460
Height:
1.40IN
Width:
6.40IN
Thickness:
1.40 in.
LCCN:
2002041543
Series:
New Studies in European History
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Series Volume:
no. 250
UPC Code:
4294967295
Author:
Mia Rodriguez-Salgado
Author:
Lyndal Roper
Editor:
Christopher Clark
Author:
James B. Collins
Editor:
Peter Baldwin
Author:
Julian Swann
Subject:
Burgundy
Subject:
World History-France
Subject:
Burgundy (France) - Politics and government -
Subject:
Burgundy (France)--Politics and government--1
Subject:
Politics and government

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