Expansion and crisis in Louis XIV's France : Franche-Comté and absolute monarchy, 1674-1715 / / Darryl Dee

• Autore: Dee Darryl
• Pubblicazione: Suffolk : , : Boydell & Brewer, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 944/.033
• Soggetto geografico: Franche-Comté (France) History 17th century; Franche-Comté (France) History 18th century; France History Louis XIV, 1643-1715; France Territorial expansion History 17th century
• Classificazione: NN 5130
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ch. 1. Franche-Comté before the French -- Ch. 2. Conditions of conquest : Louis XIV and the Free City of Besançon -- Ch. 3. Politics of integration : Franche-Comté at Pays Conquis, 1674-1688 -- Ch. 4. Nine Years' War and the transformation of crown-elite relations -- Ch. 5. Managing elites : the monarchy and the Parlement of Besancon, 1699-1705 -- Ch. 6. War finance in Franche-Comté, 1701-1714 -- Ch. 7. Wartime government in Franche-Comté and the French royal state.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Expansion and Crisis in Louis XIV's France' examines these central yet understudied aspects of the age of the Sun King through the experience of Franche-Comté, a possession of the Spanish empire with a long history of autonomy, conquered by Louis XIV in 1674. Dee's detailed research reconstructs the ensuing dialogue - sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant - between the king and the elites who ruled this province. The integration of Franche-Comté into France proved to be a protracted process involving confrontation, negotiation, and compromise. The resulting regime was then severely tested by the challenges of Louis XIV's late reign; its survival demonstrated how the king had brought a distinctly early modern state to the height of its development. This study offers significant new insights on the growth of the territorial state in early modern Europe, the nature of the French absolute monarchy, and the political legacy of the Sun King. Darryl Dee is assistant professor of history, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.
• Altri titoli varianti: Expansion & Crisis in Louis XIV's France
• Titolo autorizzato: Expansion and crisis in Louis XIV's France
• ISBN: 1-282-89506-0; 9786612895067; 1-58046-722-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911008474803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Changing perspectives on early modern Europe ; ; 13.