1st Edition
Class and State in Ancien Regime France The Road to Modernity?
By David Parker
Copyright 1996
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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Class and State in Early Modern France explores the economic, social, ideological and political foundations of French Absolutism. David Parker's challenging interpretation presents French Absolutism as a remarkably successful attempt to preserve the political and ideological structures of the traditional order. This reassessment runs contrary to much revisionist historiography, rejecting the... Read more
INTRODUCTION 1 APPROACHES TO FRENCH ABSOLUTISM 2 THE FRENCH ECONOMY: A CASE OF ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 3 THE ROOTS OF CONFLICT 4 ORDERS AND CLASSES 5 THE NOBILITY: A HEGEMONIC TOUR DE FORCE 6 POWER, IDEOLOGY AND THE FRENCH STATE 7 FRANCE, ENGLAND AND THE CAPITALIST ROAD 8 EMPIRICAL RÉSUMÉ AND THEORETICAL AFTERTHOUGHTS
Biography
David Parker (Author)
'A valuable synthesis of recent work on seventeenth-century France.' - - David Hardman,Times Literary Supplement
'...very readable and impressive book.' - Donald Lowndes Sanderson, Socialist History Reviews UL
'Challenging, meaningful and immensely interesting ... Parker has given us a better understanding of French society.' - William Beik, Koninklijke Brill NV, 2001
