The ancien régime. French society, 1600-1750;
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| Author / Creator: | Goubert, Pierre. |
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| Uniform title: | Ancien régime. t.1. Société. English |
| Imprint: | London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973. |
| Description: | xix, 292 pages 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2017485 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Emergence and definition oof the concept of the ancien régime: The ancien régime defined by the Constituent Assembly. The ancien régime defined by the peasants. The ancien régime defined by the historians
- 2. The demographic setting: The biggest, densest population in Europe. The machinery of the demographic crises. A rooted, sedentary, stable population
- 3. The economic base: Overwhelming dominance of the agricultural economy. Industry : in second place, but nor of second-rate importance; dominated by textiles. Slow, inconvenient, costly transport. A complicated, old-fashioned monetary system. A sturdy traditional economy
- 4. The rural setting: The "Terroir". The seigneury. The parish. The fiscal unit : "colecte" and "feu"
- 5. The elements of rural society: The explanatory factor : from production to rent. Below the "residence" threshold : the world of the vagrants. The dependent peasants. The independent peasants
- 6. Landed income and ground rentiers: The principal categories of landed income. The common features of the rentier class
- 7. The nobility : in search of a definition: The negative elements. The survival of the old definitions. Elements of a definition : the nobility, a race? Privileges and duties of the nobility
- 8. Types of nobelmen: Types of "ancient" noblemen. The "modern" nobility. Two problems for the nobility
- 9. The towns and urban society: The town, definition and organization. Urban society
- 10. Bourgeois and bourgeoisies: The contemporray view. The twentieth-century view
- 11. Attitudes and cultures : the levels and the barriers: The culture of the illiterates. From literate to educated : the strata and the conflicts.