Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: State Power and Provincial Aristocracy in Languedoc

ISBN: 9780521367820 出版年：1985 页码：396 William Beik Cambridge University Press

List of tables List of figures Preface List of abbreviations Map Part I. Introduction: 1. Absolutism and class 2. Languedoc and its rulers Part II. The Distribution of Authority: 3. Urban setting and local authorities 4. The sovereign courts: a provincial perspective 5. The royal agents: a national linkage 6. The Estates: central bargaining place Part III. The province on its own: 7. Contradictory aspirations and practical problems 8. The inadequacy of authority 9. The prospects for provincial solidarity Part IV. The province and the crown: 10. Channels of personal influence 11. Tax flows and society 12. Collaborating with the king: positive results and fulfiled ambitions 13. Basking in the sun: the triumph of authority and hierarchy Conclusion Appendix Select bibliography Index.