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This book examines the character of the governing elite of sixteenth-century Paris--a group that included some of the most important jurists, administrators, and intellectuals of the early modern French state--and investigates the strategies employed by members of this group to promote and maintain their position in the city and in the monarchy. O



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. viii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*A Note on Manuscript Sources and Abbreviations, pg. xi*Map of Paris, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. xv*PART I. Portrait of a Municipal Elite, pg. 1*PART II. Professional Advancement, pg. 81*PART III. The Marriage Alliance, pg. 153*PART IV. The Family Estate, pg. 211*Conclusion. The Politics of Patrimony, pg. 298*Appendix, pg. 307*Bibliography, pg. 313*Index, pg. 339

Paris City Councillors in the SixteenthCentury

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 7/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691613666, 978-0691613666
      ISBN10: 0691613664

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book examines the character of the governing elite of sixteenth-century Paris--a group that included some of the most important jurists, administrators, and intellectuals of the early modern French state--and investigates the strategies employed by members of this group to promote and maintain their position in the city and in the monarchy. O



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. viii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*A Note on Manuscript Sources and Abbreviations, pg. xi*Map of Paris, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. xv*PART I. Portrait of a Municipal Elite, pg. 1*PART II. Professional Advancement, pg. 81*PART III. The Marriage Alliance, pg. 153*PART IV. The Family Estate, pg. 211*Conclusion. The Politics of Patrimony, pg. 298*Appendix, pg. 307*Bibliography, pg. 313*Index, pg. 339

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