Provincial Power Absolute Monarchy: The Estates General of Burgundy, 1661-1790 - Couverture souple

Swann, Julian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521036674 ISBN 13 : 9780521036672

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This is the first book in English to study the history of the Estates General of Burgundy during the classic period of absolute monarchy. Although not a representative institution in any modern sense, the Estates were constantly engaged in a process of bargaining with the French crown, and this book examines that relationship under the Ancien Régime. Julian Swann analyses the organization, membership and powers of the Estates and explores their administration, their struggles for power with rival institutions and their relationship with the crown and with the Burgundian people. The Estates proved remarkably resilient when confronted by the challenges posed by the Bourbon monarchy, and by the reign of Louis XVI they were seemingly more powerful than ever. However the desire to protect their privileges and to extend their authority had not been accompanied by an attempt to forge a meaningful relationship with the people they claimed to serve.

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À propos de l'auteur

Julian Swann is Lecturer in Early Modern European History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Politics and the Parlements of Paris under Louis XV, 1754–1774 (1995).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521036674
• ISBN 13: 9780521036672
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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