The myth of absolutism : change and continuity in early modern European monarchy

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The myth of absolutism : change and continuity in early modern European monarchy

Nicholas Henshall

Longman, 1992

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  • : pbk

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注記

Bibliography: p. 217-226

Includes index

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巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780582056176

内容説明

Conventionally, ``absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of ``absolutism'' in action -- continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and England -- 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.

目次

  • Introduction
  • Chapter One Valois and Early Bourbons
  • Chapter Two Louis XIV Reassessed
  • Chapter Three A Highroad to Revolution?
  • Chapter Four France and England: Absolutism Versus Limited Monarchy?
  • Chapter Five France and England: Absolutism Versus Parliamentary Liberties?
  • Chapter Six A Theory of Absolutism?
  • Chapter Seven Royal Prerogatives and their Context
  • Chapter Eight Liberties and Consent
  • Chapter Nine Life Cycle of a Myth
巻冊次

: csd ISBN 9780582056183

内容説明

This text examines the early modern period and begins by focusing on France, examining the Valois and Bourbon monarchs and the modes of operation they employed. The second part of the text looks at early modern Europe, making the distinction between "absolute" and "limited" monarchs.

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