| A Social and Cultural History of Early Modern France Contributor(s): Beik, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521883091 ISBN-13: 9780521883092 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $67.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: A major new history of French society between the end of the Middle Ages and the Revolution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 944.03 |
| LCCN: 2008053627 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.75 lbs) 420 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A magisterial history of French society between the end of the middle ages and the Revolution by one of the world's leading authorities on early modern France. Using colorful examples and incorporating the latest scholarship, William Beik conveys the distinctiveness of early modern society and identifies the cultural practices that defined the lives of people at all levels of society. Painting a vivid picture of the realities of everyday life, he reveals how society functioned and how the different classes interacted. In addition to chapters on nobles, peasants, city people, and the court, the book sheds new light on the Catholic church, the army, popular protest, the culture of violence, gendered relations, and sociability. This is a major new work that restores the ancien r gime as a key epoch in its own right and not simply as the prelude to the coming Revolution. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beik, William: - William Beik is Emeritus Professor of History at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. His previous publications include Urban Protest in Seventeenth-Century France: The Culture of Retribution (1997) and Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Study with Documents (2000). |