Cities and social change in early modern France / edited by Philip Benedict.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benedict, Philip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--France--History.

Cities and towns.

France--Social conditions.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The major changes experienced by France's cities over the period from the end of the middle ages to the eve of the Revolution are explored by six French and North American historians.

Contents:

Contents; List of Maps; Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 French cities from the sixteenth century to the Revolution An overview Philip Benedict; 2 Paris on the eve of Saint Bartholomew: taxation, privilege, and social geography; 3 From renaissance city to ancien régime capital; 4 Consumers, commerce, and the craftsmen of Dijon; 5 The artisans of Aix-en-Provence in the sixteenth century; 6 Crown and capitoulat: municipal government in Toulouse 1500-1789; 7 Economic change, demographic growth and the fate of Dauphiné's small towns, 1698-1790; Index

Notes:

Originally published: London : Unwin Hyman, 1989.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-89218-7

1-134-89219-5

1-280-14895-0

0-203-99028-5

9780203990285

OCLC:

85810011