Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France

Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France
Author: William Beik
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1985
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521367820

This analysis of the provincial reality of absolutism argues that the relationship between the regional aristocracy and the crown was a key factor in influencing the traditional social system of seventeenth century France.