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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451181503321

Autore

Kettering Sharon <1942->

Titolo

Patrons, brokers, and clients in seventeenth-century France [[electronic resource] /] / Sharon Kettering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1986

ISBN

1-280-52304-2

0-19-536510-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

618.2/4

944/.03

Soggetti

Patron and client - France - History - 17th century

Patronage, Political - France - History - 17th century

Decentralization in government - France - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

France Politics and government 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Power and Patronage; One: Patrons and Clients; Two: Brokers; Three: Clienteles; Four: Brokers and Political Integration; Five: Brokerage and the Nobility; Six: Clientelism and the Early Modern State; Conclusion: Nobles, Brokers, and Statebuilding; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This new study of politics and power in seventeenth-century France argues that the French crown centralized its power nationally by changing the way it delegated its royal patronage in the provinces.