The Institutions of France under the Absolute Monarchy, 1598-1789, Volume 2
The Origins of State and Society
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
716 pages
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© 1984
Mousnier continues his massive and masterly history of France's transition from the Old Regime to the New. Mousnier's subject is the organization of the state, from the Council at the summit to the most humble clerks, guards, and attendants. He traces the gradual transformation of France from a judiciary state to a financial and executive bureaucracy, from a state and society based on hereditary statuses to one based on talents, personal capacities, and achievements, from the might of the sword to the power of the pen.
Contents
Note on the Guides to Further Reading
Introduction
Part 1 - The King
1. The Education of the King
2. The Education of Kings in the Seventeenth Century
3. The Education of Kings in the Eighteenth Century
4. The King's Work
Part 2 - Public Office
5. Officeholders
6. The Commissaires
7. The Fermiers
8. The Functionaries
Conclusion to Part 2. The Rivalry between the Officeholders and the Commissaires: The "Three-Hundred-Year Process"
Part 3 - Government "par Grand Conseil"
9. The Royal Family: The Princes of the Blood, the Appanages, the Regencies
10. The Dukes-and-Peers, the High Crown
11. Chancellors, Councils, and Ministers from 1598 to 1661
12. The Surintendant des Finances, the Contróleur Général des Finances, and Their Departments
13. Government by Grand Conseil: The Estates General
14. Government by Grand Conseil: The Assemblies of Notables
Part 4 - The Sovreign and Lower Courts of Law and Administration
16. The Judicial Hierarchy and the Competence of the Courts
17. Professional and Social Status in the Courts and Administration
18. Procedures in the Sovreign and Lower Courts
Part 5 - The United General Farms of the King's Domains and Rights
19. Tax Farming
20. The Concentration of the Farms before 1726
21. The Fermes Générales from 1726 to 1791
Part 6 - The King's Commissaires
22. Governors
23. Commissaires
24. The "Chambres de Justice"
25. The "Grands Jours"
26. The Intendants des Provinces
Part 7 - The Emergence of a Bureaucracy
27. The Corps des Ponts et Chausées
28. The Engineers of the Corps des Fortifications
Part 8 - The Battle between the Officeholders and the Commissaires: A Dispute That Lasted Three Hundred Years
29. Henri IV, Victor
30. From the Accession of Louis XIII to the Fronde
31. The Fronde and Its Failure
32. The Personal Government of Louis XIV, 1661-1715
33. The Eighteenth Century: Officeholders versus Commissaires under Louis XV and Louis XVI
Conclusion
Glossary
Index
Introduction
Part 1 - The King
1. The Education of the King
2. The Education of Kings in the Seventeenth Century
3. The Education of Kings in the Eighteenth Century
4. The King's Work
Part 2 - Public Office
5. Officeholders
6. The Commissaires
7. The Fermiers
8. The Functionaries
Conclusion to Part 2. The Rivalry between the Officeholders and the Commissaires: The "Three-Hundred-Year Process"
Part 3 - Government "par Grand Conseil"
9. The Royal Family: The Princes of the Blood, the Appanages, the Regencies
10. The Dukes-and-Peers, the High Crown
11. Chancellors, Councils, and Ministers from 1598 to 1661
12. The Surintendant des Finances, the Contróleur Général des Finances, and Their Departments
13. Government by Grand Conseil: The Estates General
14. Government by Grand Conseil: The Assemblies of Notables
Part 4 - The Sovreign and Lower Courts of Law and Administration
16. The Judicial Hierarchy and the Competence of the Courts
17. Professional and Social Status in the Courts and Administration
18. Procedures in the Sovreign and Lower Courts
Part 5 - The United General Farms of the King's Domains and Rights
19. Tax Farming
20. The Concentration of the Farms before 1726
21. The Fermes Générales from 1726 to 1791
Part 6 - The King's Commissaires
22. Governors
23. Commissaires
24. The "Chambres de Justice"
25. The "Grands Jours"
26. The Intendants des Provinces
Part 7 - The Emergence of a Bureaucracy
27. The Corps des Ponts et Chausées
28. The Engineers of the Corps des Fortifications
Part 8 - The Battle between the Officeholders and the Commissaires: A Dispute That Lasted Three Hundred Years
29. Henri IV, Victor
30. From the Accession of Louis XIII to the Fronde
31. The Fronde and Its Failure
32. The Personal Government of Louis XIV, 1661-1715
33. The Eighteenth Century: Officeholders versus Commissaires under Louis XV and Louis XVI
Conclusion
Glossary
Index
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