Early Modern France 1560-1715 / Edition 2

by Robin Briggs

Overview

Incorporating new material drawn from recent scholarship, this Second Edition offers a more complete picture of this crucial period. It also has a thoroughly updated and expanded bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900192892842
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	07/28/1998
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Robin Briggs is a Fellow of All Souls College and Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. The Crisis of the Monarchy
2. Economy and Society
3. The Government of France, 1598-1715: i) Henri IV to Richelieu, 1598-1624; ii) The Ministry of Richelieu; iii) The Regency, The Fronde, and The Ministry of Cardinal Mazarin; iv) The Personal Rule of Louis XIV
4. Belief and Culture
Appendix: graphs
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

Editorial Reviews

"[T]his vigorously-written book deserves wide use as an introduction to absolutist France."—History

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