Government and society in France, 1461-1661 / J.H. Shennan
1969, First Edition. London ; New York : Allen & Unwin ; Barnes and Noble. Very good cloth library copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled and slightly edgeworn dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some library marks remain internally. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #452267
ISBN: 004901014X
Series; Historical problems: studies and documents ; 7. Physical description; 160 pages ; 23 cm. Contents; INTRODUCTION -- The nature of royal authority -- The first estate -- The second estate -- The third estate -- The political organization of the estates -- The King's army -- The King's councillors -- Judicial organization -- Financial organization -- The governors -- A seventeenth century crisis? -- Conclusion -- DOCUMENTS -- A. Power and its limitations; the monarchy; the three estates -- B. The government of the kingdom; the subjects' role; the King's men. Subjects; France -- Politics and government -- 1328-1589 -- Sources. France -- Politics and government -- 1589-1789 -- Sources. France -- Social conditions.
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