Feudalism, Venality, and Revolution - Provincial Assemblies in Late-Old Regime France (Hardcover)

According to Alexis de Tocqueville's influential work on the Old Regime and the French Revolution, royal centralisation had so weakened the feudal power of the nobles that their remaining privileges became glaringly intolerable to commoners. This book challenges the theory by showing that when Louis XVI convened assemblies of landowners in the late 1770s and 1780s to discuss policies needed to resolve the budgetary crisis, he faced widespread opposition from lords and office holders. These elites regarded the assemblies as a challenge to their hereditary power over commoners. The king's government comprised seigneurial jurisdictions and venal offices. Lordships and offices upheld inequality on behalf of the nobility and bred the discontent motivating the people to make the French Revolution. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Early Modern European History
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Stephen Miller (Associate Professor of History)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-4837-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-5261-4837-4
Barcode:	9781526148377

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