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State and Society in Eighteenth-Century France : A Study of Political Power and Social Revolution in Languedoc.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington : Catholic University of America Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813218434
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: State and Society in Eighteenth-Century FranceDDC classification:
  • 944.8034
LOC classification:
  • DC611
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Peasant Economy, the Seigneurial Regime, and the State -- Landowners, Market Opportunities, and Relations of Production -- Seigneurial Levies and the Royal Judiciary -- The Royal Judiciary and the Authority and Honor of the Seigneurs -- 2. The Rewards of Royal Service -- The Royal Judiciary: The Police of Hierarchy and Rank -- Tax Farms: The Provincial Fountains of Wealth -- The Estates of Languedoc: The Apex of Provincial Patronage -- 3. Crown and Nobility in a Time of Financial Difficulties -- State Finances and the Royal Chain of Command in the 1770s and 1780s -- The Central Administration, the Estates, and the Seigneurial Regime -- Royal Policy toward Town Governments and Fiscal Administrations -- The Locus of Power: The King or the Provincial Nobles? -- 4. Revolutionary Politics, 1788-1791 -- The Nobility and the Bourgeoisie: Common Projects and Divergent Perspectives -- The Toulousain and Albigeois after July 1789 -- Nîmes, the Southern Massif Central, and Montpellier after July 1789 -- 5. The Revolutionary Dynamic, 1789-1793 -- The Eighteenth-Century Economy: Growth without Development -- Popular Uprisings amid Grain Shortages and the Collapse of Royal Authority -- Social Strife over the Establishment of the New Regime -- The Seigneurial Regime, Peasant Revolts, and Counterrevolution -- 6. Radicalism, Terror, and Repression, 1792-1799 -- The Challenges of Political Representation and Democracy -- Revolutionary Policies and Personalities -- Thermidor -- Making Sense of the Sans Culottes' Year in Power -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Peasant Economy, the Seigneurial Regime, and the State -- Landowners, Market Opportunities, and Relations of Production -- Seigneurial Levies and the Royal Judiciary -- The Royal Judiciary and the Authority and Honor of the Seigneurs -- 2. The Rewards of Royal Service -- The Royal Judiciary: The Police of Hierarchy and Rank -- Tax Farms: The Provincial Fountains of Wealth -- The Estates of Languedoc: The Apex of Provincial Patronage -- 3. Crown and Nobility in a Time of Financial Difficulties -- State Finances and the Royal Chain of Command in the 1770s and 1780s -- The Central Administration, the Estates, and the Seigneurial Regime -- Royal Policy toward Town Governments and Fiscal Administrations -- The Locus of Power: The King or the Provincial Nobles? -- 4. Revolutionary Politics, 1788-1791 -- The Nobility and the Bourgeoisie: Common Projects and Divergent Perspectives -- The Toulousain and Albigeois after July 1789 -- Nîmes, the Southern Massif Central, and Montpellier after July 1789 -- 5. The Revolutionary Dynamic, 1789-1793 -- The Eighteenth-Century Economy: Growth without Development -- Popular Uprisings amid Grain Shortages and the Collapse of Royal Authority -- Social Strife over the Establishment of the New Regime -- The Seigneurial Regime, Peasant Revolts, and Counterrevolution -- 6. Radicalism, Terror, and Repression, 1792-1799 -- The Challenges of Political Representation and Democracy -- Revolutionary Policies and Personalities -- Thermidor -- Making Sense of the Sans Culottes' Year in Power -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

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