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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820689103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 1992
• ISBN: 1-134-89218-7; 1-134-89219-5; 1-280-14895-0; 0-203-99028-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• 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.