Overture to revolution : the 1787 Assembly of Notables and the crisis of France's old regime
2011
944.035 H258 2011
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Title
Overture to revolution : the 1787 Assembly of Notables and the crisis of France's old regime
Variant Title
1787 Assembly of Notables and the crisis of France's old regime
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description
338 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
944.035 H258 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)646393938
Summary
Contents: Introduction: the state of France in 1786: illusion and reality -- Calonne's reform programme and its adoption by the King -- Choosing the notables -- Delayed opening of the Assembly -- Provincial assemblies -- Calonne's land tax -- Customs and excise reform and the royal domain: the memoirs of the second and third divisions -- Conclusion and epilogue 1787-89: continuity and rupture -- Appendix 1: the decor of the Assembly of Notables -- Appendix 2: the members of the Assembly in the bureaux to which they were allocated -- Appendix 3: the King's speech of 23 April -- Appendix 4: Seating arrangements in the committees of the Assembly.|Reprint of 2010 edtion published in Oxford.|Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-326) and index.|L2019M119
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