Myth of Absolutism
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Author_Nicholas Henshall
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comparative monarchy
constitutional development
Corporate Power Groups
Diane De Poitiers
Dominium Politicum
early
Early Modern Monarchs
Edward III
England's Parliament
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estates
Ferdinand VII
Fiscal Military State
Frederick III
George III
governance structures
Grandee Families
Gustavus III
Henry III
historiography monarchy
Lamoignon De Malesherbes
louis
Louis XIV's Reign
Louis XVI
Mid Air
Ministerial Clients
modern
myth of political absolutism
Nancy Mitford
period
Peter III
Petit Trianon
Pole Star
political authority theory
Pop Stars
prerogative
provincial
royal
Royal Prerogative
state formation Europe
William III
xiv
Product details
- ISBN 9781138180505
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 06 Mar 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 which early-modern Europe was governed.
Authored by Henshall, Nicholas
