Paris City Councillors in the Sixteenth-Century - The Politics of Patrimony

This book examines the character of the governing elite of sixteenth-century Paris--a group that included some of the most important jurists, administrators, and intellectuals of the early modern French state--and investigates the strategies employed by members of this group to promote and maintain their position in the city and in the monarchy.

Originally published in 1983.

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Barbara B. Diefendorf

Summary

This book examines the character of the governing elite of sixteenth-century Paris--a group that included some of the most important jurists, administrators, and intellectuals of the early modern French state--and investigates the strategies employed by members of this group to promote and maintain their position in the city and in the monarchy. O

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• Authors: Barbara Diefendorf, Barbara B. Diefendorf
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691613666
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61366-6
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; France, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political structure & processes, Politics and government, Social classes, c 1500 to c 1600