Absolutism and society in seventeenth-century France : state power and provincial aristocracy in Languedoc /
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| Author / Creator: | Beik, William, 1941- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985. |
| Description: | xvii, 375 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in early modern history. ACLS Humanities E-Book. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10513977 |
| Summary: | Why was Louis XIV successful in pacifying the same aristocrats who had caused so much trouble for Richelieu and Mazarin? What role did absolutism play in reinforming or changing the traditional social system in seventeenth-century France? In this analysis of the provincial reality of absolutism, Professor Beik argues that the answers to these questions lie in the relationship between the regional aristocracy and the crown. Starting with a critical examination of current approaches to state and society by institutional, social , 'Annales', and Marxist historians, he calls for a new class analysis based on the findings of all these schools. This is the first appearance as a paperback of Professor Beik's book, which won the 1986 Herbert Baxter Adams Prize awarded by the American historical Association for the year's outstanding work in European history. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1969? Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 375 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 348-368. |
| ISBN: | 0521263093 0521367824 |