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The Birth of Absolutism: History of France, 1598-1661 (European Studies)
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- “Published by Macmillan. First Edition.”
- ISBN
- 9780333627563
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Birth of Absolutism: History of France, 1598-1661
- Item Height
- 222mm
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Item Width
- 141mm
- Subject
- History
- Item Weight
- 460g
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Yves-Marie Berce's The Birth of Absolutism offers a refreshingly original approach to the history of France between the Edict of Nantes and the personal rule of Louis XIV, a period dominated by the names of two cardinals, Richelieu and Mazarin. Berce brings to the task not only familiarity with the sources and with the French historiography, but also a thorough acquaintance with the large body of English and American research upon seventeenth-century France. This has enabled him to escape the diminishing perspective of an older French school, the 'grand history told from Paris' which subordinated the course of events to an account of the inevitable triumph of the 'Royal state'. Berce's vision of French history is not of a 'one-way ticket to the future'. The French Crown is beset by aristocratic faction only too ready to avail itself of royal minorities, religious dissent or provincial grievances in the pursuit of its own ambitions. Richelieu is not only the brilliant strategist with a mission to undermine Habsburg hegemony in Europe, he is also a political gambler, staking the very stability of the kingdom on an interventionist foreign policy which was sometimes saved from utter di
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Palgrave Macmillan
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9780333627563
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Publication Name
The Birth of Absolutism: History of France, 1598-1661
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
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Item Height
222mm
Item Width
141mm
Item Weight
460g
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European Studies
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United Kingdom
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