Provincial Power and Absolute Monarchy: The Estates General of Burgundy, 1661 1790

By Julian Swann

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521036674
• ISBN13: 9780521036672
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"