Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France

State Power and Provincial Aristocracy in Languedoc

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Why was Louis XIV successful in pacifying the same aristocrats who had caused so much trouble for Richelieu and Mazarin? What role did absolutism play in reinforming or changing the traditional social system in seventeenth-century France? In this analysis of the provincial reality of absolutism, Professor Beik argues that the answers to these questions lie in the relationship between the regional aristocracy and the crown. Starting with a critical examination of current approaches to state and society by institutional, social , 'Annales', and Marxist historians, he calls for a new class analysis based on the findings of all these schools. This is the first appearance as a paperback of Professor Beik's book, which won the 1986 Herbert Baxter Adams Prize awarded by the American historical Association for the year's outstanding work in European history.

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'A new generation of political historians would do well to follow William Beik's admirable model of investigation.' The Times Literary Supplement ' ... Beik's work is a tour de force. The erudition, probing questions, and subtlety of this study will assure its place among the outstanding works published by an American in french history.' Renaissance Quarterly ' ... one of the outstanding works on early modern France produced in the last decade ... It will be a most influential work, one with which all scholars of the period should be familiar.' American Historical Review ' ... this is an important book, which redefines the terms in which seventeenth-century politics need to be understood. In achieving this, Beik has raised new questions about seventeenth-century society as well.' Social History

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List of tables	p. x
List of figures	p. xi
Preface	p. xii
List of abbreviations	p. xvi
Map: Languedoc in the seventeenth century	p. xviii
Introduction
Absolutism and class	p. 3
Analytical foundations: classes and orders	p. 6
Institutions in society	p. 10
Society and absolutism	p. 18
Absolutism in Languedoc	p. 31
Languedoc and its rulers	p. 34
The province	p. 35
Identifying the rulers	p. 42
Lifestyles	p. 50
The Distribution of Authority
Urban setting and local authorities	p. 59
The environment	p. 59
The consulates	p. 66
Other local authorities	p. 73
The sovereign courts: a provincial perspective	p. 77
The Parlement of Toulouse	p. 77
The Cour des Comptes, Aides et Finances of Montpellier	p. 85
A changing of the guard?	p. 92
The royal agents: a national linkage	p. 98
Dealing with the province	p. 99
The intendancy develops	p. 105
The Estates: central bargaining place	p. 117
Sessions and members	p. 119
The yearly transaction	p. 130
The burden of taxes	p. 140
The Province On its Own
Contradictory aspirations and practical problems	p. 149
Common values	p. 149
Separate interests and strategies	p. 159
Central difficulties	p. 167
A common program	p. 176
The inadequacy of authority	p. 179
The nature of authority	p. 179
Potential threats: conflict among authorities and popular rebellion	p. 187
A crisis of authority	p. 193
The prospects for provincial solidarity	p. 198
Resistance strategy and the elus (1622-32)	p. 199
The tax crisis of 1645-6	p. 202
The possibilities of the Fronde	p. 206
The 'echo' of 1656-7	p. 215
The Province and the Crown
Channels of personal influence	p. 223
The importance of personal influence	p. 223
Provincial connections	p. 228
Royal client networks	p. 234
Tax flows and society	p. 245
The system	p. 246
Financiers and politics	p. 251
Social distribution	p. 258
Public debt, private investment	p. 270
Collaborating with the king: positive results and fulfilled ambitions	p. 279
Troops regulated	p. 282
Manufactures and public works	p. 287
Huguenots repressed	p. 297
Basking in the sun: the triumph of authority and hierarchy	p. 303
The royal presence through bureaucratic channels	p. 304
Working through provincial agencies	p. 307
The reinforcement of hierarchy	p. 316
Conclusion	p. 329
Breakdown of taxes from the diocese of Toulouse, 1677	p. 340
Select bibliography	p. 348
Manuscript sources	p. 348
Printed sources and works published before 1800	p. 353
Secondary works: general and theoretical	p. 355
Secondary works concerning Languedoc	p. 362
Index	p. 369
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