State and society in eighteenth-century France : a study of political power and social revolution in Languedoc / Stephen Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Stephen, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nobility--France--Languedoc--History--18th century.

Nobility.

Languedoc (France)--History--18th century.

Languedoc (France).

Languedoc (France)--Politics and government--18th century.

Languedoc (France)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Continuing where William Beik's pathbreaking seventeenth-century study ends, this book sheds new light on the origins of the French Revolution and the social and political developments thereafter.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables and Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Peasant Economy, the Seigneurial Regime, and the State

Landowners, Market Opportunities, and Relations of Production

Seigneurial Levies and the Royal Judiciary

The Royal Judiciary and the Authority and Honor of the Seigneurs

2. The Rewards of Royal Service

The Royal Judiciary: The Police of Hierarchy and Rank

Tax Farms: The Provincial Fountains of Wealth

The Estates of Languedoc: The Apex of Provincial Patronage

3. Crown and Nobility in a Time of Financial Difficulties

State Finances and the Royal Chain of Command in the 1770s and 1780s

The Central Administration, the Estates, and the Seigneurial Regime

Royal Policy toward Town Governments and Fiscal Administrations

The Locus of Power: The King or the Provincial Nobles?

4. Revolutionary Politics, 1788-1791

The Nobility and the Bourgeoisie: Common Projects and Divergent Perspectives

The Toulousain and Albigeois after July 1789

Nîmes, the Southern Massif Central, and Montpellier after July 1789

5. The Revolutionary Dynamic, 1789-1793

The Eighteenth-Century Economy: Growth without Development

Popular Uprisings amid Grain Shortages and the Collapse of Royal Authority

Social Strife over the Establishment of the New Regime

The Seigneurial Regime, Peasant Revolts, and Counterrevolution

6. Radicalism, Terror, and Repression, 1792-1799

The Challenges of Political Representation and Democracy

Revolutionary Policies and Personalities

Thermidor

Making Sense of the Sans Culottes' Year in Power

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285- 310) and index.

ISBN:

0-8132-1843-8

OCLC:

707926666