
France Before the Revolution
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France Before the Revolution book
France Before the Revolution
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France Before the Revolution book
ByJ. H. Shennan
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 1995
eBook Published 13 September 2013
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
Pages 60 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315004143
SubjectsHumanities
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Shennan, J. (1995). France Before the Revolution. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315004143
This fully revised second edition takes account of historical work produced during the last decade. Covering the period between Louis XIV's death in 1715 and the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, it discusses:
* France's accomplishments in international affairs, commercial expansion, and intellectual and artistic life
* the significance of long-term political, social and economic forces in causing the Revolution
* how the changing perception of government, from one of divine-right kingship towards the idea of a national enterprise, ultimately undermined the old regime.