legal culture, municipal politics, and state formation in early modern Dijon /
Michael P. Breen.
Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2007.
1 online resource (xv, 307 pages) :
illustrations, maps.
Changing perspectives on early modern Europe,
1542-3905
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-298) and index.
Lawyers and municipal government in Dijon -- The avocats and the politics of local privilege (1595-1648) -- The collapse of the municipal political system (1649-68) -- From local government to royal administration (1669-1715) -- Legal culture and political thought in early seventeenth-century Dijon -- Custom, reason, and the limits of royal authority.
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Breen offers an in-depth examination of political activities in early modern France that opens up new perspectives on the local workings of the French state and the experiences of those who participated in it.
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