Explore the meaning of absolute monarchy by examining how Louis XIV of France became one of Europe's most famous and successful rulers as Louis XIV and Absolutism examines the theoretical and practical nature of absolutism and its implications for the development of European states and society.

Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)

History

Beik, William

Europe

Bedford/St.Martin's

Making of the West Volume 2 and Sources of The Making of the West Volume 2 and: Louis XIV & Absolutism and Communist Manifesto and Candide

Gordon, Daniel

Toews, John E.

VOLTAIRE

Why was Louis XIV successful in pacifying the same aristocrats who had been troublesome for Richelieu and Mazarin? What role did absolutism play in reinforcing or changing the traditional social system in seventeenth-century France? This analysis of the provincial reality of absolutism argues that the answers to these questions lie in the relationship between the regional aristocracy and the crown. Starting with a critical examination of current approaches to state and society by institutional, social "Annales," and Marxist historians, the author calls for a new class analysis based on the findings of all these schools.

Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: State Power and Provincial Aristocracy in Languedoc (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)

Americas

Cambridge University Press

Urban Protest in Seventeenth-Century France: The Culture of Retribution

This lucid and wide-ranging survey is the first comparative study in English to explore popular uprisings in the cities of seventeenth-century France. Through close analysis of eyewitness narratives from protesters and authorities in more than fifteen cities, William Beik examines the complex social interaction between angry crowds and hard-pressed authorities. He adds a completely new chapter to the history of the crowd and traces the difficult and fragile connections between elite and popular culture in early modern France.

This lucid and wide-ranging survey is the first comparative study in English to explore popular uprisings in the cities of seventeenth-century France. Through close analysis of eyewitness narratives from protesters and authorities in more than fifteen cities, William Beik examines the complex social interaction between angry crowds and hard-pressed authorities. He adds a completely new chapter to the history of the crowd and traces the difficult and fragile connections between elite and popular culture in early modern France.

A Social and Cultural History of Early Modern France

A magisterial history of French society between the end of the middle ages and the Revolution by one of the world's leading authorities on early modern France. Using colorful examples and incorporating the latest scholarship, William Beik conveys the distinctiveness of early modern society and identifies the cultural practices that defined the lives of people at all levels of society. Painting a vivid picture of the realities of everyday life, he reveals how society functioned and how the different classes interacted. In addition to chapters on nobles, peasants, city people, and the court, the book sheds new light on the Catholic church, the army, popular protest, the culture of violence, gendered relations, and sociability. This is a major new work that restores the ancien régime as a key epoch in its own right and not simply as the prelude to the coming Revolution.

E-book for Making of the West, 4e CMB (Access Card) & Pocket Guide 7e & German Reformation & St Bartholowmews & Scientific Rev & Louis XIV & Englands Glorious Rev & Enlightenment

Hunt, Lynn

Martin, Thomas R.

Rosenwein, Barbara H.

Smith, Bonnie G.

Diefendorf, Barbara B.

Baylor, Michael G.

Rampolla, Mary Lynn.

Jacob, Margaret C. C.

Pincus, Steven

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