The Myth of Absolutism: Change & Continuity in Early Modern European Monarchy

By Nicholas Henshall

Book Overview

Conventionally, "absolutism" in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of "absolutism" in action xxx; continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and England xxx; dissolves the traditional picture to reveal a much more complex reality; and in so doing illuminates the varied ways in which early-modern Europe was governed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B004H48AVG
• ISBN13: 9780582056176
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"