1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784697703321

Titolo

Cities and social change in early modern France / / edited by Philip Benedict

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992, c1989

ISBN

1-134-89218-7

1-134-89219-5

1-280-14895-0

0-203-99028-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BenedictPhilip

Disciplina

307.140944

Soggetti

Cities and towns - France - History

France Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London : Unwin Hyman, 1989.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Maps; Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 French cities from the sixteenth century to the Revolution An overview Philip Benedict; 2 Paris on the eve of Saint Bartholomew: taxation, privilege, and social geography; 3 From renaissance city to ancien régime capital; 4 Consumers, commerce, and the craftsmen of Dijon; 5 The artisans of Aix-en-Provence in the sixteenth century; 6 Crown and capitoulat: municipal government in Toulouse 1500-1789; 7 Economic change, demographic growth and the fate of Dauphiné's small towns, 1698-1790; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The major changes experienced by France's cities over the period from the end of the middle ages to the eve of the Revolution are explored by six French and North American historians.