Provincial Power and Absolute Monarchy: The Estates General of Burgundy, 1661-1790: The Estates General of Burgundy, 1661-1790 (New Studies in European History) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Provincial Power and Absolute Monarchy: The Estates General of Burgundy, 1661-1790: The Estates General of Burgundy, 1661-1790 (New Studies in European History) Book

This is the first book in English to study the history of the Estates General of Burgundy during the classic period of absolute monarchy. Julian Swann analyses the organisation, membership and powers of the Estates and explores the activities of their administration, their struggles for power with rival institutions and their relationship with the crown and with the Burgundian people. His findings shed new light on the government of Louis XIV, the history of Burgundy and the wider political history of eighteenth-century France, including the origins of the French Revolution.Read More

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    Julian Swann analyzes the organization, membership and powers of the Estates General of Burgundy during the classic period of absolute monarchy. Swann explores the activities of their administration and their struggles for power with rival institutions as well as their relationships with the crown and with the Burgundian people. His study reveals much about the government of Louis XIV, the history of Burgundy and the wider political history of eighteenth-century France, including the origins of the French Revolution.

  • 0521827671
  • 9780521827676
  • Julian Swann
  • 21 August 2003
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 476
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