The Politics of Privilege
Subtitle: Old Regime and Revolution in Lille
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521893725
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; History; History: American; Europe; France; USA; Europe - France; History / Europe / General; History / France; Lille (France)--Politics and government; Europe - General
First sentence: On 24 May 1667, Louis XIV's armies entered Walloon Flanders, and Lille's inhabitants, subjects of the Spanish Habsburgs, began to prepare for a siege.