Myth of Absolutism

Change & Continuity in Early Modern European Monarchy

AvNicholas Henshall

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:1992-09-21
Mått:138 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780582056176

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Authored by Henshall, Nicholas

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'This thoughtful, wide-ranging and often spikey book xxx; a valuable corrective to much that has been written on the period. It deserves wide attention.'Journal of European Studies

Innehållsförteckning

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;