Description
Book SynopsisAn account of the political history of Bourbon France under the influence of Richelieu which discusses the rise of the Empire and its fall from grace under the reign of Louis XVI.
Trade Review"This volume, which includes a helpful chronological table and glossary, will be the standard history of France for years to come.
The Ancien Regime is definitely the richest and most satisfying account of the political history of Bourbon France available in English."
Reviews in History Table of ContentsList of Illustrations.
List of Tables and Graphs.
1. Temperate Monarchy in its Last Incarnation.
Part I: Absolutism in its True Grandeur:.
2. Reason of State and its Irrationalities.
3. France and the Fronde: the Age of Anne of Austria and Mazarin.
4. The Snake and the Sun.
5. Gallican Extremism.
6. Spain in the Heart.
Part II: Flexible and Adaptable: The New Absolutism:.
7. The Overture.
8. A Debonnaire Hercules.
9. Reaction and Retraction.
10. Public Opinion's First Successes.
11. Order, Authority, Realm.
Conclusion.
Appendix 1: Chronological Table.
Appendix 2: Statistical Tables.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
