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Patrons, brokers, and clients in seventeenth-century France / Sharon Kettering.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kettering, Sharon, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patron and client--France--History--17th century.
- Patron and client.
- Patronage, Political--France--History--17th century.
- Patronage, Political.
- Decentralization in government--France--History--17th century.
- Decentralization in government.
- France--Politics and government--17th century.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 322 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This new study of politics and power in seventeenth-century France argues that the French crown centralized its power nationally by changing the way it delegated its royal patronage in the provinces.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Power and Patronage; One: Patrons and Clients; Two: Brokers; Three: Clienteles; Four: Brokers and Political Integration; Five: Brokerage and the Nobility; Six: Clientelism and the Early Modern State; Conclusion: Nobles, Brokers, and Statebuilding; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-52304-2
- 0-19-536510-0
- OCLC:
- 466427104
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