Lille and the Dutch Revolt

This comprehensive study explains why Lille was renowned for adhering to the existing order.

Sommario

List of tables; List of figures; Abbreviations; Notes; Acknowledgements; Introduction: cities and the Dutch revolt; Part I. Forces of Revolt and Stabilising Structures: 1. Magistrat, city and central state; 2. 'Substantial merchants conducting important trade'; 3. 'Cloth of every type and price'; 4. Impoverishment and intervention; 5. Piety and the parameters of reform; Epilogue: stress and stability; Part II. Revolution and Stability: 6. A city's 'fine duty'; 7. 'Tramping and oppression': Lille under Alba and Requesens, 1566-7; 8. From 'common cause' to 'special league': Lille between estates-general and reconciliation, 1576-82; Conclusion: stability in revolution.

Riassunto

This comprehensive study explains why, although affected by powerful economic, political, and religious currents that provoked rebellion in many other cities in the sixteenth century, Lille was renowned for adhering to the existing order.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert S. Duplessis
• Con la collaborazione di: John Elliott (Editore), Olwen Hufton (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.02.2015
• EAN: 9780521394154
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39415-4
• Pagine: 392
• Dimensioni: 157 mm x 235 mm x 28 mm
• Peso: 785 g
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in French
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia