Feudalism, venality, and revolution : provincial assemblies in late-old regime France / Stephen Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Stephen, 1968- author.

Series:

Studies in early modern European history.

Studies in early modern European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Nobility.

Decentralization in government--France--History--18th century.

Decentralization in government.

France--History--Louis XVI, 1774-1793.

France.

France--Politics and government--1774-1793.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This resource is about the most sweeping reform in the history of the French monarchy: the creation of assemblies at all levels of administration. The resistance of lords and office holders exposed their hereditary power over commoners, who sought to throw off their subordination when the crisis of the monarchy offered the opportunity in 1789.

Contents:

The king's entourage and public clashes over provincial assemblies

The emergence of anti-noble politics and the provincial assembly of Berry

Bourgeois liberalism and revolutionary politics : the provincial assembly of Lyonnais

Poitou and the question of feudalism, from the Old Regime to revolution and counterrevolution

Provincial assemblies and the revolutionary challenge to patrimonialism

Village elections and the development of liberal perspectives on government.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 5, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526158352

1526158353

9781526148377

1526148374

9781526148360

1526148366

OCLC:

1224155437