Description
Book SynopsisDavid Parker's challenging interpretation presents a broad, in-depth study of the economic, social, ideological and political foundations of French Absolutism. This stimulating reassessment runs contrary to much revisionist historiography.
Trade Review'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
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION 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
