[PDF] The Impact Of Absolutism In France eBook

Author : Tim McNeese
Publisher : Lorenz Educational Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1429109173

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"The Age of Absolutism" (1650—1789) covers the final years of the last great European monarchies and the divestiture of monarchical power through reform and revolution. Emphasis is given to the absolute reign of Louis XIV of France, and the growth of constitutional monarchy in late-17th century England. Enlightenment thinkers, such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Locke, and their theorectical impact on the unraveling of royal power and the revolutions in France and America are discussed. Challenging map exercises and provocative review questions encourage meaningful reflection and historical analysis. Tests and answer keys included.

Author : Nicholas Henshall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1317899547

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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.

Author : Alan James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 31,7 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1317878892

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This controversial study takes the provocative line that the French monarchy was a complete success. James turns the idea of royal ‘absolutism’ on its head by redefining the French monarchy’s success from 1598 - 1661. The Origins of French Absolutism, 1598-1661 maintains that building blocks were not being laid by the so-called architects of absolutism, but that by satisfying long-established, traditional ambitions, cardinal ministers Richelieu and Mazarin undoubtedly made the confident, ambitious reign of the late century possible.

Author : Geoffrey Treasure
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 36,93 MB
Release : 2006-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1134980590

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Mazarin was the model statesman of the early modern period in French history. This book follows his career from pupil of the Jesuits, through legate in Paris and Avignon, to service for Louis XIII and beyond. Mazarin's role in the survival of absolute monarchy during the upheavals of the Fronde and his guidance of the young Louis XIV are given full weight. His crucial part in many diplomatic exchanges, and in particular those which brought an end to the Thirty Years War and the Franco-Spanish War, is examined in detail. His life is placed in the context of a study of the times, highlighting the rapidly changing nature of government.

Author : Richard Bonney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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This selection of articles is organized around three broad themes: the nature of the governing system in France ('Absolutism'); the political crisis of the mid-17th-century (the 'Fronde'); and the development of royal finance. The author first considers the growth of the French state in its ideological and institutional aspects, then the opposition such developments provoked, much centred on the figure of Cardinal Mazarin. In the last section particular attention is given to fiscal history, including a comparison of mid-18th-century France with the other states of Europe. Professor Bonney would argue that the 'fiscal imperative', the increased requirements posed by the costs of war, and the long-term consequences of fiscal growth may be seen as one of the decisive factors in the development of the modern state.

Author : A. D. Lublinskaya
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 30,1 MB
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521088435

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Provides a detailed analysis of the political, social and economic history of the France of Louis XIII.

Author : John Gascoigne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 17,67 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1107155673

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The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.