Julian Swann Books
Provincial Power and Absolute Monarchy: The Estates General of Burgundy, 1661-1790
By JULIAN SWANN
"This is the first book in English to study the history of the Estates General of Burgundy during the classic period of absolute monarchy. Although not a representative institution in any modern se...
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The Crisis of the Absolute Monarchy: From the Old Regime to the French Revolution
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For generations of historians, 1789 was a defining moment in world history and it has been said to mark, amongst other things, the triumph of the bourgeoisie, the birth of modernity, the rise of na...
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