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Provincial power and absolute monarchy : the Estates General of Burgundy, 1661-1790 /
This is the first book in English to study the history of the Estates General of Burgundy during the classic period of absolute monarchy. It sheds new light on the government of Louis XIV, the history of Burgundy and the wider political history of eighteenth-century France.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. :
New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | New studies in European history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Figures; Appendices; Map; Preface; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1 Historians, absolute monarchy and the provincial estates; CHAPTER 2 Ancien régime Burgundy; CHAPTER 3 The Estates General of Burgundy; CHAPTER 4 Nosseigneurs les élus and the officers of the Estates; CHAPTER 5 The provincial administration: authority and enforcement; CHAPTER 6 'It's raining taxes'. Paying for the Sun King, 1661-1715; CHAPTER 7 Provincial administration in an age of iron, 1661-1715.