Classes, estates, and order in early modern Brittany
James B. Collins
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Classes, estates, and order in early modern Brittany
Published
1994
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
312
ISBN-10
0521440726
Description
This book uses the Breton experience to address two fundamental historiographical issues: the meaning of absolutism and the nature of early modern French society. Drawing on economic, social, and institutional approaches, Professor Collins develops an integrated analysis of state-building in France. The classes and their interests are analyzed first, in an examination of the Breton economy, and then the social system and the political superstructure that preserved it. Finally, Professor Collins addresses the question of order itself. How did the elites preserve order? What order did they wish to preserve? His analysis suggests that early modern France was a much more unstable, mobile society than previously thought; that absolutism existed more in theory than in practice; and that local elites and the Crown compromised in mutually beneficial ways to maintain their combined control over society. They imposed a new order, one neither feudal nor absolutist, on a society reexamining the meaning of basic structures such as the relationship of the family and the individual, the role of women in society, and property.
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The estimated word count for Classes, estates, and order in early modern Brittany is approximately 78,000 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Classes, estates, and order in early modern Brittany was written by James B. Collins.
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The publication date for this specific edition is 1994. The original work may have been published on a different date.