From Renaissance monarchy to absolute monarchy : French kings, nobles, & estates
Title:
From Renaissance monarchy to absolute monarchy : French kings, nobles, & estates
Author:
Major, J. Russell (James Russell), 1921-1998.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Johns Hopkins Paperbacks edition.
Publication Information:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
©1994
Physical Description:
xxi, 444 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
General Note:
Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1994.
Language:
English
Contents:
The establishment of renaissance monarchy -- The flowering of the renaissance monarchy -- The late-medieval-renaissance nobility -- The wars of religion -- Henry IV -- The reprieve, 1610-1620 -- France finds a king, 1620-1624 -- Richelieu and Marillac, 1624-1629 -- Marillac and the provincial estates -- The triumph of Richelieu and Mazarin -- The nobility -- Louis XIV -- Kings, nobels, and estates in retropect.
ISBN:
9780801856310
Format :
Book
