Louis XIV and absolutism

(print) xiii, 306 p. : maps ; 23 cmMost of the essays are translated from FrenchPreface vii -- Notes on Contributors ix -- Maps xii -- PART I ABSOLUTISM AND SOCIETY -- 1 The Singularity of Absolutism E. H. Kossmann 3 -- 2 What is Absolutism? G. Durand 18 -- 3 The Development of Monarchical Institutions and Society in France R. Mousnier 37 -- 4 French Kingship and Absolute Monarchy in the Seventeenth Century F. Dumont 55 -- 5 The Social Origins of the Secretaries of State under Louis XIV, 1661-1715 F. Bluche 85 -- PART II PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETATION -- 6 The Intellectual Development of Louis XIV from 1661 to 1715 A.Lossky 101 -- 7 Louis XIV's Courtiers J. Levron 130 -- 8 Louis XIV and the Edict of Nantes J. Orcibal 154 -- 9 Royal Administration in a Frontier Province : the Intendancy of Alsace under Louis XIV G. Livet 177 -- PART III ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL MATTERS -- 10 Fiscalism and Public Opinon under Louis XIV J. Meuvret 199 -- 11 Manufacturing Industries in Seventeenth-Century France P. Deyon 226 -- 12 The French Navy under Louis XIV Armel de Wismes 243 -- 13 The Protestant Bankers in France, from the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to the Revolution J. Bouvier 263 -- Glossary 281 -- Chronology 287 -- List of Persons 29