Old Regime France

ISBN-13: 9780198731306 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 296 str.

Opis

Bringing together an international panel of historians, this book examines France between two revolutions, a time later known as the old regime. All aspects of French life are covered: the economy, social development, religion and culture, French activity overseas, and politics and public life. A detailed chronology and full bibliography complete this compelling analysis.

O autorze

William Doyle has been Professor of Historical Studies at the University of Bristol since 1986, and is a Fellow of the British Academy. He is author of Origins of the French Revolution (3rd edition, 1999), The Oxford History of the French Revolution (1989), Venality. The Sale of Offices in eighteenth century France (1996), and Jansenism (2000).