The myth of absolutism: change and continuity in early modern European monarchy

Conventionally, "absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France. Recently h...

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Main Author: Henshall, Nicholas 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London Routledge 2013
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Online Access:DE-706
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Summary:Conventionally, "absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of "absolutism'' in action -- continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and England -- dissolves the traditional picture to reveal a much more complex reality; and in so doing illuminates the varied ways in
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781315845999
DOI:10.4324/9781315845999

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