Title: State formation in early modern Alsace, 1648-1789 /
Authors: Lazer, Stephen A., 1983-
Year: 2019
Subjects: Borderlands France History.; State, The; Borderlands; International relations; Politics and government; State, The; Alsace (France) Politics and government; Alsace (France) History.; Pfalz-Zweibrücken Politics and government.; Pfalz-Zweibrücken Relations France.; France Relations Germany Pfalz-Zweibrücken.; Holy Roman Empire Politics and government; France Politics and government; Europe Holy Roman Empire; Europe Pfalz-Zweibrücken; France; France Alsace
Abstract: "A documented study of early modern state formation, sovereignty, legitimacy, and comparative political culture in Alsace between the Peace of Westphalia and the French Revolution"--
Contents: 1. Mutual legitimacy -- 2. The bailiff's two bodies -- 3. All the duke's men -- 4. Confessionalization, multiconfessionalism, and administration -- 5. The battle over sovereignty in Kleeburg.