The State in Early Modern France (New Approaches to European History, Series Number 5) - Softcover

Collins, James B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521387248 ISBN 13: 9780521387248

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This major new book addresses the question, what is the state?, through an examination of the most important continental state of early modern Europe, France. Professor Collins combines a reinterpretation of early modern French society with a reevaluation of the French monarchical state, rejecting the absolute monarchy paradigm and offering in its place a more nuanced, balanced view of the monarchy. His revisionist focus is on the problems of the Old Regime within the context of their own political system.

About this title

Book Description:

What is the State? Combining a reinterpretation of early modern French society with a reevaluation of the French monarchical state, this study rejects the absolute monarchy paradigm. Its revisionist focus is on the problems of the Old Regime within the context of their own political system.

About the Author:

James B. Collins is Professor of History at Georgetown University. His previous publications include From Tribes to Nation: The Making of France, c. 500-1799 (2002), The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution (2002) and Classes, Estates and Order in Early Modern Brittany (1994).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521387248
• ISBN 13: 9780521387248
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320