{"product_id":"feudalism-venality-and-revolution-provincial-assemblies-in-late-old-regime-france-9781526148377","title":"Feudalism, Venality, and Revolution: Provincial","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to Alexis de Tocqueville’s influential work on the Old Regime and the French Revolution, royal centralisation had so weakened the feudal power of the nobles that their remaining privileges became glaringly intolerable to commoners\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eThis book challenges the theory by showing that when Louis XVI convened assemblies of landowners in the late 1770s and 1780s to discuss policies needed to resolve the budgetary crisis, he faced widespread opposition from lords and office holders. These elites regarded the assemblies as a challenge to their hereditary power over commoners. The king’s government comprised seigneurial jurisdictions and venal offices. Lordships and offices upheld inequality on behalf of the nobility and bred the discontent motivating the people to make the French Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 The king’s entourage and public clashes over provincial assemblies\u003cbr\u003e2 The emergence of anti-noble politics and the provincial assembly of Berry\u003cbr\u003e3 Bourgeois liberalism and revolutionary politics: the provincial assembly of Lyonnais\u003cbr\u003e4 Poitou and the question of feudalism from the Old Regime to revolution and counterrevolution \u003cbr\u003e5 Provincial assemblies and the revolutionary challenge to patrimonialism\u003cbr\u003e6 Village elections and the development of liberal perspectives on government\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041013236055,"sku":"9781526148377","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526148377.jpg?v=1750948597","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/feudalism-venality-and-revolution-provincial-assemblies-in-late-old-regime-france-9781526148377","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}