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- catalog abstract "Scholars of early modern France have traditionally seen an alliance between the kings and the bourgeoisie, leading to an absolute, centralized monarchy, perhaps as early as the reign of Francis I (1515-47). In From Renaissance Monarchy to Absolute Monarchy, historian J. Russell Major draws on forty-five years of research to dispute this view, offering both a synthesis of existing scholarship and new information concerning the role of the nobility in these changes. Renaissance monarchs, Major contends, had neither the army nor the bureaucracy to create an absolute monarchy; they were strong only if they won the support of the nobility and other vocal elements of the population. At first they enjoyed this support, but the Wars of Religion revealed their inherent weakness. Major describes the struggle between such statesmen as Bellièvre, Sully, Marillac, and Richelieu to impose their concept of reform and includes an account of how Louis XIV created an absolute monarchy by catering to the interests of the nobility and other provincial leaders. It was this "carrot" approach, accompanied by the threat of the "stick," that undergirded his absolutism. Major concludes that the rise of absolutism was not accompanied, as has often been asserted, by the decline of the nobility. Rather, nobles were able to adapt to changing conditions that included the decline of feudalism, the invention of gunpowder, and inflation. In doing so, they remained the dominant class, whose support kings found it necessary to seek. --From publisher's description.".
- catalog contributor b6523370.
- catalog coverage "France Politics and government 16th century.".
- catalog coverage "France Politics and government 17th century.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-433) and index.".
- catalog description "Scholars of early modern France have traditionally seen an alliance between the kings and the bourgeoisie, leading to an absolute, centralized monarchy, perhaps as early as the reign of Francis I (1515-47). In From Renaissance Monarchy to Absolute Monarchy, historian J. Russell Major draws on forty-five years of research to dispute this view, offering both a synthesis of existing scholarship and new information concerning the role of the nobility in these changes. Renaissance monarchs, Major contends, had neither the army nor the bureaucracy to create an absolute monarchy; they were strong only if they won the support of the nobility and other vocal elements of the population. At first they enjoyed this support, but the Wars of Religion revealed their inherent weakness. Major describes the struggle between such statesmen as Bellièvre, Sully, Marillac, and Richelieu to impose their concept of reform and includes an account of how Louis XIV created an absolute monarchy by catering to the interests of the nobility and other provincial leaders. It was this "carrot" approach, accompanied by the threat of the "stick," that undergirded his absolutism. Major concludes that the rise of absolutism was not accompanied, as has often been asserted, by the decline of the nobility. Rather, nobles were able to adapt to changing conditions that included the decline of feudalism, the invention of gunpowder, and inflation. In doing so, they remained the dominant class, whose support kings found it necessary to seek. --From publisher's description.".
- catalog description "The establishment of renaissance monarchy -- The flowering of the renaissance monarchy -- The late-medieval-renaissance nobility -- The wars of religion -- Henry IV -- The reprieve, 1610-1620 -- France finds a king, 1620-1624 -- Richelieu and Marillac, 1624-1629 -- Marillac and the provincial estates -- The triumph of Richelieu and Mazarin -- The nobility -- Louis XIV -- Kings, nobels, and estates in retropect.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 444 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "From Renaissance monarchy to absolute monarchy.".
- catalog identifier "0801847761 (hc)".
- catalog isFormatOf "From Renaissance monarchy to absolute monarchy.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "From Renaissance monarchy to absolute monarchy.".
- catalog spatial "France Politics and government 16th century.".
- catalog spatial "France Politics and government 17th century.".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "944/025 20".
- catalog subject "DC111.5 .M3 1994".
- catalog subject "Despotism France.".
- catalog subject "Monarchy France.".
- catalog subject "Nobility France.".
- catalog subject "Renaissance France.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The establishment of renaissance monarchy -- The flowering of the renaissance monarchy -- The late-medieval-renaissance nobility -- The wars of religion -- Henry IV -- The reprieve, 1610-1620 -- France finds a king, 1620-1624 -- Richelieu and Marillac, 1624-1629 -- Marillac and the provincial estates -- The triumph of Richelieu and Mazarin -- The nobility -- Louis XIV -- Kings, nobels, and estates in retropect.".
- catalog title "From Renaissance monarchy to absolute monarchy : French kings, nobles, & estates / J. Russell Major.".
- catalog type "text".