The Politics of Privilege

Old Regime and Revolution in Lille

AvGail Bossenga

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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This study analyzes the political and fiscal origins of the French Revolution by looking at the relationship between the royal government and privileged, corporate bodies at local level. Utilizing a neo-Tocquevillian approach, it argues that the monarchy undermined its own attempts at reform by extending central authority, while at the same time it continued to rely upon corporate structures and monopolies to finance the state. The unresolvable, institutional conflicts had the effect of politicising members of the privileged elite and eventually led many of them to embrace a rhetoric of citizenship, accountability, and civic equality that had far-reaching and unanticipated consequences. When Lille's bourgeoisie consolidated a municipal revolution in 1789, they followed a programme that was politically liberal, but economically conservative. Arranged as a series of case-studies, the book illuminates the structure of political power in the Flemish provincial estates, the growth of royal taxation, the problem of municipal credit, the role of venal officeholders, and the relationship of the revolutionary bourgeoisie to monopolies of the guilds.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-05-09
Mått:153 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:443 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:276
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521893725

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"Bossenga has made a major contribution to our understanding of the development of the modern state in a volume that combines detailed archival investigation with bold general claims. Her exploration of institutional relationships is profound and thought provoking..." Journal of Urban History

Innehållsförteckning

List of figures and tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Monarchy, privilege and revolution: the problem and setting; 2. State finance and local privileges; 3. Corps, bureaucracy and citizenship: the case of the Bureaux des Finances; 4. The excluded nobility and political representation; 5. A nation of equals: the demands of the Third Estate; 6. Uses of a regulated economy: the state against itself; 7. Corporate privilege and the bourgeoisie; 8. The abolition of the guilds; 9. The corporate heritage and the well-ordered state; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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