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Cities and social change in early modern France / edited by Philip Benedict.

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The major changes experienced by France's cities over the period from the end of the middle ages to the eve of the Revolution are explored by six French and North American historians.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Benedict, Philip
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 1992.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > France > History.
France > Social conditions.
Cities and towns.
Social conditions.
France.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. French cities from the sixteenth century to the Revolution : an overview / Philip Benedict ; Select bibliography
  • 2. Paris on the eve of Saint Bartholomew : taxation, privilege, and social geography / Robert Descimon
  • 3. From renaissance city to ancien régime capital : Montpellier, c. 1500-c. 1600 / Frederick M. Irvine
  • 4. Consumers, commerce, and the craftsmen of Dijon : the changing social and economic structure of a provincial capital, 1450-1750 / James R. Farr
  • 5. The artisans of Aix-en-Provence in the sixteenth century : a microanalysis of social relationships / Claire Dolan
  • 6. Crown and capitoulat : municipal government in Toulouse 1500-1789 / Robert A. Schneider
  • 7. Economic change, demographic growth and the fate of Dauphin's small towns, 1698-1790 / René Favier
  • Index.

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