Rulership in France, 15th–17th Centuries
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France
France Histoire
France History
France Kings and rulers
France Politics and government
France Politique et gouvernement
Frankreich
French legal history
Geschichte 1400-1700
History
judicial nobility France
Kings and rulers
Monarchie
monarchomach writings
Politics and government
royal ceremonial studies
sovereignty concepts
Staatslehre
theories of state formation France
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- ISBN 9780860789208
- Weight: 637g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 22 Nov 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The common theme of these essays is the emergence of the modern state in late medieval and renaissance France. They examine, on the one hand, how the image of the king was enhanced in a variety of royal ceremonials as well as in the political writings of Jean Bodin and Cardin le Bret. The limits of the sovereign's authority, on the other hand, were forcefully enunciated in the works of François Hotman and Théodore de Bèze. The stability of the monarchy was maintained by the noblesse de robe, a new form of hereditary nobility that virtually owned the high judicial and administrative offices they held. The last two articles are devoted, first to the author's view of the concept of the French king's "two bodies" and second to the life of his mentor, Ernst H. Kantorowicz, who wrote the seminal work, The King's Two Bodies.
Ralph E. Giesey is Emeritus Professor in the Department of History, University of Iowa, USA.
