Class and State in Ancien Regime France: The Road to Modernity?

by David Parker

Class and State in Early Modern France explores the economic, social, ideological and political foundations of French Absolutism. David Parker's challenging interpretation presents French Absolutism as a remarkably successful attempt to preserve the political and ideological structures of the traditional order.
This reassessment runs contrary to much revisionist historiography, rejecting the widespread tendency to treat French Absolutism either...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415136474
• ISBN13: 9780415136471
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"