Lordship in France, 1500-1789

by James Lowth Goldsmith

This book, the final installment of a two-volume history of French lordship, examines the role of lordship in old regime society, the internal structures and administration of lordship - including the seigneurial dues, domain-farms, forests and common lands, and serfdom - and seigneurial justice. In addition, the book reviews the regional patterns of lordship, and concludes with an examination of lordship from 1770 to 1789, the years immediately preceding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820478695
• ISBN13: 9780820478692
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"