Lettres de cachet and social control in the Ancien Régime, 1659-1789
By: Brian E. Strayer.
Series: American university studies.; v. 118
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Lettres de cachet.; Detention of persons -- France -- History.; Warrants (Law) -- France -- History.; France -- Social conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-228) and index.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Iowa, 1987.