Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-Century France

Name: Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-Century France
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ISBN: 9780195036732

ISBN-10: 0195036735

ISBN-13: 9780195036732

Edition: 1986

Authors: Sharon Kettering

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A bold new study of politics and power in 17th-century France, this book argues that the French Crown centralized its power nationally by changing the way it delegated its royal patronage in the provinces. During this period, the royal government of Paris gradually extended its sphere of control by taking power away from the powerful and potentially disloyal provincial governors and nobility and instead putting it in the hands of provincial power brokers--regional notables who cooperated with the Paris ministers in exchange for their patronage. The new alliances between the Crown's ministers and loyal provincial elites functioned as political machines on behalf of the Crown, leading to…

Book details

List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/12/1986
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 332
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.57" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Introduction: Power and Patronage



Patrons and Clients


General Characteristics of Patron-Client Relationships


Fidelity Relationships


Variability among Patrons and Clients



Brokers


General Characteristics of Brokers


Variability among Brokers



Clienteles


Clienteles and Provincial Institutions


Great Noble and Administrative Clienteles



Brokers and Political Integration


Brokers and Institutions


Brokers as Troubleshooters


Brokers and Intendants



Brokerage and the Nobility


Sixteenth-Century Brokers of Royal Patronage


Seventeenth-Century Brokers of Royal Patronage


Noble Power and Brokerage



Clientelism and the Early Modern State


Clientelism and Conflict


Clientelism and Corruption


Clientelism and Change


Epilogue: Clientelism and Bureaucracy


Conclusion: Nobles, Brokers, and Statebuilding


Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Index