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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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List of illustrations | |
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Introduction: Louis XIV and French Absolutism | |
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Absolutism in Theory | |
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French Absolutism in Practice | |
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The Landed Nobility | |
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The Robe Nobility | |
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The Royal Commissioners | |
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The Catholic Church | |
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The Urban Bourgeoisie | |
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The Lower Classes | |
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A Note about the Text | |
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The Documents | |
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Confronting French Society during the Fronde | |
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Paris Rebels against the Crown | |
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Madame de Motteville's Account of the Parisian Disturbances in August 1648 | |
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A Mazarinade against the Queen and the Cardinal | |
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An Intimate Discussion between the King and the Queen Regent, His Mother, concerning the Affairs of the Day | |
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The Parlementaires of Aix Strike Back, 1649 | |
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Haitze's Account of the Uprising in Aix, 1649 | |
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Agen Is Seduced by the Princes | |
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An Account by Bru, Bookseller, 1652 | |
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A Revolutionary Party in Bordeaux: The Ormee | |
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Apology for the Ormee | |
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The Ormee Abolishes the Parlement of Bordeaux | |
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The King and the Aristocrats at Court | |
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The King and His Family | |
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Mademoiselle de Montpensier | |
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Saint Maurice | |
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Primi Visconti | |
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The World of the Court | |
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Saint Maurice | |
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Primi Visconti | |
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The Princess Palatine | |
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Exechiel Spanheim | |
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Managing France | |
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Colbert's Instructions for the Commissioners Who Have Been Sent into the Provinces, September 1663 | |
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Financial Memorandum by Colbert, Addressed to the King in 1670 | |
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Louis XIV's Tax Flows | |
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Reforming the Provinces: The Grands Jours d'Auvergne | |
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Letters Patent for the Establishment of the Grands Jours | |
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Excerpts from the Memoirs of Esprit Flechier | |
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Reforming the Provinces: Interaction with Burgundy | |
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Letters to and from Burgundy | |
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Brulart to Mazarin, Dijon, January 5, 1660 | |
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Brulart to Mazarin, Dijon, April 20, 1660 | |
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Conde to Colbert, Dijon, June 18, 1662 | |
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Brulart to La Vrilliere, Dijon, January 31, 1663 | |
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Louis XIV to Brulart, Paris, February 13, 1663 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, Dijon, February 14, 1663 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, Dijon, February 17, 1663 | |
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Brulart to La Vrilliere, Dijon, February 21, 1663 | |
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Colbert to Bouchu, June 5, 1663 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, Dijon, November 13, 1663 | |
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Brulart to Chancellor Seguier, Dijon, December 16, 1663 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, December 10, 1664 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, Dijon, January 25, 1665 | |
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Brulart to La Vrilliere, Dijon, January 25, 1665 | |
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La Vrilliere to Brulart, Paris, February 3, 1665 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, Port Digoin, October 30, 1665 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, Dijon, March 21, 1666 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, April 21, 1666 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, Auxerre, November 4, 1667 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, Dijon, June 23, 1669 | |
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The Viscount Mayor and Echevins of Dijon to Colbert, July 14, 1669 | |
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Bouchu to Colbert, Dijon, July 14, 1669 | |
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Colbert to Bouchu, Paris, December 19, 1670 | |
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Meeting the People of Dijon | |
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Brulart to Louvois, Dijon, June 1673 | |
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Request by the City Council of Dijon for a Monitory, November 21, 1668 | |
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Extract from the Deliberations of the City Council, April 7, 1671 | |
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Petition about Drunken Husbands, April 8, 1672 | |
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Illegal Vending, June 30, 1673 | |
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Illegal Production, September 11, 1673 | |
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Homelessness, September 2, 1674 | |
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Illegitimate Births, April 27, 1675 | |
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A Riot by Winegrowers, January 1684 | |
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Petition to the Mayor and Echevins from the Protesters | |
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Debauchery of Youth, March 28, 1688 | |
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Social Unrest: The Revolts of 1675 | |
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Eyewitness Account by Ferrant, Agent of the King's Tax Receiver Le Maigre, Bordeaux, March 30, 1675 | |
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The Mayor and Consuls of Bergerac to de Seve, Intendant of Bordeaux, May 3, 1675 | |
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La Case, Tax Collector from Quimper [Brittany], to Colbert, June 24, 1675 | |
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Dallier, Tax Farmer from Nantes, to Colbert, June 25, 1675 | |
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The Bishop of Saint Malo to Colbert, July 23, 1675 | |
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Absolutism and the Churches | |
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Divine Right Monarchy | |
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Bossuet's Vision in Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture | |
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Bossuet Chides Louis XIV about the State of His Soul | |
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Dealing with the Gallican Church and the Pope | |
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Pope Innocent XI to Louis XIV, December 29, 1679 | |
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Memoirs of the Intendant Foucault on the Resistance over the Regale, 1679-1680 | |
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Declaration of the Clergy of France, 1682 | |
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Dealing with the Jansenists | |
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Suppression of the Abbey of Port Royal des Champs by d'Argenson, Paris Lieutenant of Police, 1709 | |
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Dealing with the Huguenots | |
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Commission for the Execution of the Edict of Nantes, 1663 | |
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Commentary by Saint Maurice, November 23, 1668 | |
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Verbal Abuse, Protestants to Catholics [Summary], 1678 | |
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Memoir by the Intendant d'Aguesseau on How to Convert the Pastors and Huguenots of Languedoc, 1679 | |
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Verbal Abuse: Catholics to Protestants [Summary], 1680 | |
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Letter of the Intendant d'Aguesseau to Secretary of State Chateauneuf, Toulouse, September 29, 1682 | |
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Demolition of the Main Protestant Temple in Montpellier, 1682 | |
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Report of the Intendant d'Aguesseau on the Situation in Montpellier and Languedoc, July 18, 1683 | |
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D'Aguesseau's List of Protestants Who Have Left Languedoc in Violation of the Royal Orders, August 3, 1685 | |
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Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Fontainebleau, October 25, 1685 | |
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Royal Dragoons in Languedoc, 1685 | |
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List of Property Belonging to Protestants Who Have Fled from the Diocese of Montpellier [Summary], 1686 | |
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Epilogue | |
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The Princess Palatine Remembers Louis XIV | |
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The King and His Image | |
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Charles Perrault on Colbert's Plans to Glorify the King | |
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Chapelain to Colbert, Paris, November 18, 1662 | |
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Report to the Estates of Languedoc on the Equestrian Statue of the King, October 30, 1686 | |
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The King's Own Words | |
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Excerpts from Louis XIV's Memoires for the Instruction of the Dauphin | |
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Conclusion | |
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Appendices | |
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A Louis XIV Chronology (1638-1715) | |
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Questions for Consideration | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Index | |