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The Myth of Absolutism : Change & Continuity in Early Modern European Monarchy, Hardback Book

The Myth of Absolutism : Change & Continuity in Early Modern European Monarchy Hardback

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Conventionally, ``absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty.

Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France.

Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views.

This lively investigation of ``absolutism'' in action -- continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and England -- dissolves the traditional picture to reveal a much more complex reality; and in so doing illuminates the varied ways in which early-modern Europe was governed.

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  • Pages:256 pages
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  • Out of stock

  • Format:Hardback
  • Pages:256 pages
  • Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication Date:
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  • ISBN:9781138180505