France Before the Revolution

France Before the Revolution
ISBN-10
0416350305
ISBN-13
9780416350302
Pages
37
Language
English
Published
1983
Publisher
Methuen
Author
J. H. Shennan

Description

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.