Absolutism And Society In Seventeenth Century France: State Power And Provincial Aristocracy In Languedoc

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of tables
List of figures
Preface
List of abbreviations
Map: Languedoc in the seventeenth century
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
	1 Absolutism and class
		Analytical foundations: classes and orders
		Institutions in society
		Society and absolutism
		Absolutism in Languedoc
	2 Languedoc and its rulers
		The province
		Identifying the rulers
		Lifestyles
PART TWO: THE DISTRIBUTION OF AUTHORITY
	3 Urban setting and local authorities
		The environment
		The consulates
		Other local authorities
	4 The sovereign courts: a provincial perspective
		The Parlement of Toulouse
		The Cour des Comptes, Aides et Finances of Montpellier
		A changing of the guard ?
	5 The royal agents: a national linkage
		Dealing with the province
		The intendancy develops
	6 The Estates: central bargaining place
		Sessions and members
		The yearly transaction
		The burden of taxes
PART THREE: THE PROVINCE ON ITS OWN
	7 Contradictory aspirations and practical problems
		Common values
		Separate interests and strategies
		Central difficulties
		A common program
	8 The inadequacy of authority
		The nature of authority
		Potential threats: conflict among authorities and popular rebellion
		A crisis of authority
	9 The prospects for provincial solidarity
		Resistance strategy and the elus (1622-32)
		The tax crisis of 1645-6
		The possibilities of the Fronde
		The \'echo\' of 1656-7
PART FOUR: THE PROVINCE AND THE CROWN
	10 Channels of personal influence
		The importance of personal influence
		Provincial connections
		Royal client networks
	11 Tax flows and society
		The system
		Financiers and politics
		Social distribution
		Public debt, private investment
	12 Collaborating with the king: positive results and fulfilled ambitions
		Troops regulated
		Manufactures and public works
		Huguenots repressed
	13 Basking in the sun: the triumph of authority and hierarchy
		The royal presence through bureaucratic channels
		Working through provincial agencies
		The reinforcement of hierarchy
Conclusion
	Appendix: Breakdown of taxes from the diocese of Toulouse, 1677
	Select bibliography
		Manuscript sources
		Printed sources and works published before 1800
		Secondary works: general and theoretical
		Secondary works concerning Languedoc
Index