description: This major new book addresses the question, what is the state?, through an examination of the most important continental state of early modern Europe, France. Professor Collins combines a reinterpretation of early modern French society with a reevaluation of the French monarchical state, rejecting the absolute monarchy paradigm and offering in its place a more nuanced, balanced view of the monarchy. His revisionist focus is on the problems of the Old Regime within the context of their own political system.
language: English
title: The State in Early Modern France
titlecomplete: The State in Early Modern France (New Approaches to European History, Series Number 5)
genres: France, History, Nonfiction, 17th Century
ratings_count: 34
series: New Approaches to European History
publisher: Cambridge University Press