The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

By Doyle William

Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, this work looks at how the ancien régime became ancien as well as examining cases in which achievement failed to match ambit...

The Old European Order 1660-1800 the Short Oxford History of the Modern World Second Edition

By Doyle William

The Old European Order 1660-1800

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Venality: The Sale of Offices in Eighteenth-Century France

By William Doyle, Doyle William

In ancien regime France almost all posts of public responsibility had to be bought or inherited. Rather than tax their richer subjects directly, French kings preferred to sell them privileged publi...

Origins of the French Revolution

By Doyle William

Origins of the French Revolution

By Doyle William

The Oxford History of the French Revolution

By Doyle William

Modern France: 1880-2002

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Origins of the French revolution

By Doyle William

Origins of the French revolution

By Doyle William