The Politics of Fiscal Privilege in Provence, 1530s-1830s |
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| Author:
| Blaufarb, Rafe |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8132-1950-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
| Publisher: | Catholic University of America Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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Examines the interwoven problems of taxation and social privilege in this treatment of the contention over fiscal privilege between the seigneurial nobility and the tax-payers of Provence. It sheds new light on two major fields of scholarly enquiry - early modern state-formation and revolutionary origins - and suggests a new explanation for the rise and fall of French absolutism.
Examines the interwoven problems of taxation and social privilege in this treatment of the contention over fiscal privilege between the seigneurial nobility and the tax-payers of Provence. It sheds new light on two major fields of scholarly enquiry - early modern state-formation and revolutionary origins - and suggests a new explanation for the rise and fall of French absolutism.