French Absolutism: The Crucial Phase, 1620-1629

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As an introduction to her detailed study Professor Lublinskaya presents a summary and critique of the whole 'general crisis' interpretation of seventeenth-century European history which is regularly a subject for heated debate among Western historians. However, it is as a specialist in the history of seventeenth-century France that Professor Lublinskaya approaches the problem of the general crisis. The major part of her book is a detailed analysis of the political, social and economic history of the France of Louis XIII - a crucial period for the development of the French monarchy. Contents Foreword Translator’s Note Publisher’s Note Introduction 1 The theory of general economic crisis in seventeenth-century Europe 2 The theory of general political revolution in seventeenth-century Europe 3 Fundamental features of French economic development between 1610 and 1629 4 The suppression of the Huguenot ‘State within the State’ 5 The financiers and the absolute monarchy 6 The first years of Richelieu’s administration (1625-1627) Conclusion List of Works and MSS Cited