Louis XIV and Absolutism

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Singularity of Absolutism....Pages 3-17
What is Absolutism?....Pages 18-36
The Development of Monarchical Institutions and Society in France....Pages 37-54
French Kingship and Absolute Monarchy in the Seventeenth Century....Pages 55-84
The Social Origins of the Secretaries of State under Louis XIV, 1661–1715....Pages 85-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
The Intellectual Development of Louis XIV from 1661 to 1715....Pages 101-129
Louis XIV’s Courtiers....Pages 130-153
Louis XIV and the Edict of Nantes....Pages 154-176
Royal Administration in a Frontier Province: the Intendancy of Alsace under Louis XIV....Pages 177-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Fiscalism and Public Opinion under Louis XIV....Pages 199-225
Manufacturing Industries in Seventeenth-Century France....Pages 226-242
The French Navy under Louis XIV....Pages 243-262
The Protestant Bankers in France, from the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to the Revolution....Pages 263-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-306