Provincial Power and Absolute Monarchy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521827676)

Julian Swann analyzes the organization, membership and powers of the Estates General of Burgundy during the classic period of absolute monarchy. Swann explores the activities of their administration and their struggles for power with rival institutions as well as their relationships with the crown and with the Burgundian people. His study reveals much about the government of Louis XIV, the history of Burgundy and the wider political history of eighteenth-century France, including the origins of the French Revolution.

Author: Julian Swann
ISBN-10: 0521827671
ISBN-13: 9780521827676
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2003
Pages: 478
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.40d