A social and cultural history of early modern France/
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge New York:
Cambridge University Press,
2009
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: France and its population
- 1. Rural communities and seigneurial power
- 2. Peasant life, agriculture, and social distribution
- 3. Domination by the nobility
- 4. City life and city people
- 5. The monarchy and the new nobility
- 6. Ecclesiastical power and religious faith
- 7. Warfare and society
- 8. Social bonds and social protest
- 9. Traditional attitudes and identities
- 10. Emerging identities -education and the new elite
- 11. Monarchs and courtly society
- 12. Aristocracyʹs last bloom and the forces of change.