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The Birth of Absolutism
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Yves Marie Bercé
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Yves-Marie Berce's THE BIRTH OF ABSOLUTISM offers a refreshingly original approach to the history of France between the Edict of Nantes and the personal rule of
The Origins of French Absolutism, 1598-1661
Language: en
Pages: 169
Authors: Alan James
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-14 - Publisher: Routledge

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This controversial study takes the provocative line that the French monarchy was a complete success. James turns the idea of royal ‘absolutism’ on its head
Absolutism in Central Europe
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Peter Wilson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-11 - Publisher: Routledge

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Absolutism in Central Europe is about the form of European monarchy known as absolutism, how it was defined by contemporaries, how it emerged and developed, and
Lineages of the Absolutist State
Language: en
Pages: 580
Authors: Perry Anderson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1979 - Publisher: Verso

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It begins with an enquiry into the reasons why the divergent social conditions in the more backward half of the continent should have produced political forms a
The Age of Absolutism, 1648-1775
Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: Maurice Ashley
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1974 - Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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Illustrated the impact of diverse movements and various individuals on European history and on development in the U.S., Asia, and elsewhere.