Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of figures
- List of appendices
- List of map
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Map: The duchy of Burgundy in the eighteenth century
- 1 Historians, absolute monarchy and the provincial estates
- 2 Ancien régime Burgundy
- 3 The Estates General of Burgundy
- 4 Nosseigneurs les élus and the officers of the Estates
- 5 The provincial administration: authority and enforcement
- 6 ‘It's raining taxes’. Paying for the Sun King, 1661–1715
- 7 Provincial administration in an age of iron, 1661–1715
- 8 The limits of absolutism: crown, governor and the Estates in the eighteenth century
- 9 Provincial rivalries: the Estates and the Parlement of Dijon in the eighteenth century
- 10 Tax, borrow and lend: crown, Estates and finance, 1715–1789
- 11 An enlightened administration?
- 12 The coming of the French revolution in Burgundy, 1787–1789
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of figures
- List of appendices
- List of map
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Map: The duchy of Burgundy in the eighteenth century
- 1 Historians, absolute monarchy and the provincial estates
- 2 Ancien régime Burgundy
- 3 The Estates General of Burgundy
- 4 Nosseigneurs les élus and the officers of the Estates
- 5 The provincial administration: authority and enforcement
- 6 ‘It's raining taxes’. Paying for the Sun King, 1661–1715
- 7 Provincial administration in an age of iron, 1661–1715
- 8 The limits of absolutism: crown, governor and the Estates in the eighteenth century
- 9 Provincial rivalries: the Estates and the Parlement of Dijon in the eighteenth century
- 10 Tax, borrow and lend: crown, Estates and finance, 1715–1789
- 11 An enlightened administration?
- 12 The coming of the French revolution in Burgundy, 1787–1789
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Provincial Power and Absolute MonarchyThe Estates General of Burgundy, 1661–1790, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003