Crown and Nobility in Early Modern France

By Donna Bohanan

This book analyzes the evolving relationship between the French monarchy and the French nobility in the early modern period. New interpretations of the absolutist state in France have challenged the orthodox vision of the interaction between the crown and elite society. Using the three examples of Provence, Brittany, and Dauphin , Bohanan illustrates the ways in which elites organized and mobilized by vertical ties were co-opted or subverted by the crown.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333609727
• ISBN13: 9780333609729
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"