James B. Collins

The State in Early Modern France

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Produktbeschreibung

New edition of James Collins's acclaimed textbook that challenges longstanding views of the origins of modern states and absolute monarchy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 781g
• ISBN-13: 9780521113144
• ISBN-10: 0521113148
• Artikelnr.: 26552695

Autorenporträt

James B. Collins is Professor of History at Georgetown University. His previous publications include From Tribes to Nation: The Making of France, c.500-1799 (2002), The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution (2002) and Classes, Estates and Order in Early Modern Brittany (1994).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition
Chronology of events
Genealogy
Glossary
Historical background: the growth of the French state to 1627
1. The crucible, 1620s-30s
2. The twenty years' crisis, 1635-54
3. Louis XIV: laying the foundation, 1654-83
4. The debacle
5. The mature monarchical state
6. A new France takes shape
7. Reform, renewal, collapse
8. The interregnum, 1787-9.