The Impact of Absolutism in France
Author : William Farr Church
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 1969
Category : France
ISBN :
Author : William Farr Church
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 1969
Category : France
ISBN :
Author : Tim McNeese
Publisher : Lorenz Educational Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1429109173
"The Age of Absolutism" (1650—1789) covers the final years of the last great European monarchies and the divestiture of monarchical power through reform and revolution. Emphasis is given to the absolute reign of Louis XIV of France, and the growth of constitutional monarchy in late-17th century England. Enlightenment thinkers, such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Locke, and their theorectical impact on the unraveling of royal power and the revolutions in France and America are discussed. Challenging map exercises and provocative review questions encourage meaningful reflection and historical analysis. Tests and answer keys included.
Author : Nicholas Henshall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 10,29 MB
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1317899547
Conventionally, ``absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of ``absolutism'' in action -- continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and England -- dissolves the traditional picture to reveal a much more complex reality; and in so doing illuminates the varied ways in which early-modern Europe was governed.
Author : Michael S. Kimmel
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 18,16 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887381805
Author : Alan James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1317878892
This controversial study takes the provocative line that the French monarchy was a complete success. James turns the idea of royal ‘absolutism’ on its head by redefining the French monarchy’s success from 1598 - 1661. The Origins of French Absolutism, 1598-1661 maintains that building blocks were not being laid by the so-called architects of absolutism, but that by satisfying long-established, traditional ambitions, cardinal ministers Richelieu and Mazarin undoubtedly made the confident, ambitious reign of the late century possible.
Author : John Gascoigne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1107155673
The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.
Author : Richard Bonney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This selection of articles is organized around three broad themes: the nature of the governing system in France ('Absolutism'); the political crisis of the mid-17th-century (the 'Fronde'); and the development of royal finance. The author first considers the growth of the French state in its ideological and institutional aspects, then the opposition such developments provoked, much centred on the figure of Cardinal Mazarin. In the last section particular attention is given to fiscal history, including a comparison of mid-18th-century France with the other states of Europe. Professor Bonney would argue that the 'fiscal imperative', the increased requirements posed by the costs of war, and the long-term consequences of fiscal growth may be seen as one of the decisive factors in the development of the modern state.
Author : Orest Ranum
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 14,64 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Paris (France)
ISBN : 9780271046457
Author : A. D. Lublinskaya
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,16 MB
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521088435
Provides a detailed analysis of the political, social and economic history of the France of Louis XIII.
Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 19,54 MB
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 022669092X
Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he came tantalizingly close. Philip Mansel’s King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography in English of this hypnotic, flawed figure who continues to captivate our attention. This lively work takes Louis outside Versailles and shows the true extent of his global ambitions, with stops in London, Madrid, Constantinople, Bangkok, and beyond. We witness the importance of his alliance with the Spanish crown and his success in securing Spain for his descendants, his enmity with England, and his relations with the rest of Europe, as well as Asia, Africa, and the Americas. We also see the king’s effect on the two great global diasporas of Huguenots and Jacobites, and their influence on him as he failed in his brutal attempts to stop Protestants from leaving France. Along the way, we are enveloped in the splendor of Louis’s court and the fascinating cast of characters who prostrated and plotted within it. King of the World is exceptionally researched, drawing on international archives and incorporating sources who knew the king intimately, including the newly released correspondence of Louis’s second wife, Madame de Maintenon. Mansel’s narrative flair is a perfect match for this grand figure, and he brings the Sun King’s world to vivid life. This is a global biography of a global king, whose power was extensive but also limited by laws and circumstances, and whose interests and ambitions stretched far beyond his homeland. Through it all, we watch Louis XIV progressively turn from a dazzling, attractive young king to a belligerent reactionary who sets France on the path to 1789. It is a convincing and compelling portrait of a man who, three hundred years after his death, still epitomizes the idea of le grand monarque.