Social Relations, Politics, and Power in Early Modern France : Robert Descimon and the Historian’s Craft

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Robert Descimon and the Historian’s Craft -- 1. Robert Descimon, the Annales Tradition, and the Social History of the Ruling Classes -- 2. Law and Social History in Early Modern France -- 3. Local Officials and Torture in Seventeenth-Century Bordeaux -- 4. Ur...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Robert Descimon and the Historian’s Craft -- 1. Robert Descimon, the Annales Tradition, and the Social History of the Ruling Classes -- 2. Law and Social History in Early Modern France -- 3. Local Officials and Torture in Seventeenth-Century Bordeaux -- 4. Urban Elites and Politics in Sixteenth-Century Dijon -- 5. The Notary as Rural Power Broker: Maître Coujard and Pierre Collenot, Syndic of Alligny -- 6. Reading Municipal Lists, Interpreting Civic Practice from the Insights of Robert Descimon to Seventeenth-Century Bourges -- 7. Qui étaient les députés? An Unknown Group of Protestant Leaders on the Eve of the First War of Religion -- 8. Civic Engagement and Public Assistance in Sixteenth-Century Paris -- 9. Unfinished Business: An Edition of the “Manuscript History of the League” -- 10. Gallicans Not Magistrates: The Dupuy Cabinet in the Age of Richelieu -- 11. Intellectual Trajectories and Relationships of a French Historian -- Bibliography of Robert Descimon’s Writings -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index Ausführliche Beschreibung