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Scholars Of Early Modern France Have Traditionally Seen An Alliance Between The Kings And The Bourgeoisie, Leading To An Absolute, Centralized Monarchy, Perhaps As Early As The Reign Of Francis I (1515-47). In From Renaissance Monarchy To Absolute Monarchy, Historian J. Russell Major Draws On Forty-five Years Of Research To Dispute This View, Offering Both A Synthesis Of Existing Scholarship And New Information Concerning The Role Of The Nobility In These Changes. Renaissance Monarchs, Major Contends, Had Neither The Army Nor The Bureaucracy To Create An Absolute Monarchy; They Were Strong Only If They Won The Support Of The Nobility And Other Vocal Elements Of The Population. At First They Enjoyed This Support, But The Wars Of Religion Revealed Their Inherent Weakness. Major Describes The Struggle Between Such Statesmen As Bellièvre, Sully, Marillac, And Richelieu To Impose Their Concept Of Reform And Includes An Account Of How Louis Xiv Created An Absolute Monarchy By Catering To The Interests Of The Nobility And Other Provincial Leaders. It Was This Carrot Approach, Accompanied By The Threat Of The Stick, That Undergirded His Absolutism. Major Concludes That The Rise Of Absoluti

Author

J Russell Major; American Council of Learned Societies

Publisher

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801870828

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24