Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction
1: The Crisis of the Monarchy
2: Economy and Society
3: The Government of France, 1598-1715: i) Henri IV to Richelieu, 1598-1624; ii) The Ministry of Richelieu; iii) The Regency, The Fronde, and The Ministry of Cardinal Mazarin; iv) The Personal Rule of Louis XIV
4: Belief and Culture
Appendix: graphs
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

About the Author

Robin Briggs is a Fellow of All Souls College and Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford

Reviews

From reviews of the first edition:

`A very fine, thorough and conscientious study of a formative period in French history... his account of the French provinces in the age of Richelieu and Louis XIV ... is one of the best things of its kind in English.'
Sunday Telegraph
`Based on the latest research on both sides of the Channel and of the Atlantic, Early Modern France provides a balanced, well-written and highly perceptive account of an important period in French history and will be read with pleasure by teachers and students alike.'
British Book News
`this vigorously-written book deserves wide use as an introduction to absolutist France.'
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