The institutions of France under the absolute monarchy, 1598-1789, volume II: the organs of state and society

The Education of the King
3
The Education of Kings in the Eighteenth Century
13
Public Office
23
The Commissaires
60
The Functionaries
74
Government par Grand Conseil
81
The DukesandPeers the High Crown Officers the Kings
101
Chancellors Councils and Ministers from 1598 to 1661
130
The Surintendant des Finances the Contrôleur Général
180
The Estates General
215
The Assemblies of Notables
229
The Force of Royal Orders
235
The Sovereign and Lower Courts of Law and Administration
250
Professional and Social Status in the Courts and Administration
302
Procedures in the Sovereign and Lower Courts
375
The United General Farms of the Kings Domains and Rights
421
The Concentration of the Farms before 1726
441
The Kings Commissaires
467
Commissaires
481
The Intendants des Provinces
502
The Emergence of a Bureaucracy
567
The Engineers of the Corps des Fortifications
575
A Dispute That Lasted Three Hundred Years
581
From the Accession of Louis XIII to the Fronde
591
The Fronde and Its Failure
611
The Personal Government of Louis XIV 16611715
631
Officeholders versus Commissaires
634
Conclusion
674
Glossary
685