Classes, Estates and Order in Early-Modern Brittany

by James B. Collins and J.H. Elliott

This book uses the Breton experience to address two fundamental historiographical issues: the meaning of absolutism and the nature of early-modern French society. It abandons the old framework that opposed orders to classes, and instead seeks to find the central meaning of the evolution of the French state in the maintenance of order (especially the preservation of property). Professor Collins's main purpose, illustrated by his fusion of economic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521533147
• ISBN13: 9780521533140
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"