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Absolute monarchy in France

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posted on 2023-06-08, 14:20 authored by Peter R Campbell
An original scholarly interpretation of the nature of the French monarchy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It argues that rather than seeing this monarchy as centralised and administrative, we should see it as a state formation replete with tensions and contradictions. Astute political management, patronage and clientage focused on the court as the centre of the political system, were all essential for the survival of the regime. The chapter thus takes issue with current interpretations in historical sociology, political science and history. The interpretation draws on wide secondary sources and the author's long archival acquaintance with the regime. 16,000 words.

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Page range

11-38

Pages

600.0

Book title

The Oxford handbook of the Ancien Régime

Place of publication

Oxford

ISBN

9780199291205

Series

Oxford Handbooks in History

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  • History Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

William Doyle

Legacy Posted Date

2013-04-12

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