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The Limits of Absolutism in Ancien Régime France

The Limits of Absolutism in Ancien Régime France

Bonney, Richard

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Series: Variorum Collected Studies, Book 491

General Political ScienceGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 0860784827
ISBN13: 9780860784821
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 28 1995
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.37
Language: English
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.

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