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Social relations, politics, and power in early modern France : Robert Descimon and the historian's craft
Title
Social relations, politics, and power in early modern France : Robert Descimon and the historian's craft / edited by Barbara B. Diefendorf.
ISBN
9781612481630 (library binding : alkaline paper)
1612481639 (library binding : alkaline paper)
Publication
Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
vi, 312 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"This collection of essays focuses on the nexus of social relations, politics, and power in France as it moved from the age of religious wars into the age of absolutism. Using a wide variety of historical approaches and methods, these essays offer new insights into the evolving role of early modern elites and the social, familial, and cultural influences that shaped their values and priorities"--Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Social relations, politics, and power in early modern France Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2016]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 07, 2016
Series
Early modern studies series ; 19
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Robert Descimon and the historian's craft / Barbara B. Diefendorf
Robert Descimon, the Annales tradition, and the social history of the ruling classes / Jonathan Dewald
Social history and the law in Old Regime France / Michael P. Breen
Local officials and torture in seventeenth-century Bordeaux / Sara Beam
Urban elites and politics in sixteenth-century Dijon / Mack P. Holt
The notary as rural power broker : Maître Coujard and Pierre Collenot, Syndic of Allighy / James B. Collins
Reading municipal lists, interpreting civic practice from the insights of Robert Descimon to seventeenth-century Bourges / Hilary Bernstein
Qui étaient les députés? : an unknown group of Protestant leaders on the eve of the First War of Religion / Philip J. Benedict
Civic engagement and public assistance in early modern Paris / Barbara B. Diefendorf
Unfinished business : an edition of the "Manuscript History of the League" / Robert A. Schneider
Intellectual trajectories and relations of a French historian / Robert Descimon
Bibliography of the works of Robert Descimon
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