The French Nobility in the Eighteenth Century
Author | : Jay M. Smith |
Publisher | : Penn State University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : 0271058676 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780271058672 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Download or read book The French Nobility in the Eighteenth Century written by Jay M. Smith and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, a group of prominent French historians shows why the nobility remains a vital topic for understanding France's past. The contributors to this volume incorporate the important lessons of Chaussinand-Nogaret's revisionism but also reexamine the assumptions on which that revisionism was based.