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" French politics, 1774-1789 : "
John Hardman
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654827
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Hardman, John,1944-
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French politics, 1774-1789 : : from the accession of Louis XVI to the fall of the Bastille /\ John Hardman
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x, 283 pages :: maps ;; 23 cm
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0582236509
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: 9780582236509
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: 0582236495
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: 9780582236493
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: 0333632168
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: 9780333632178
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: 0312126271
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: 9780312126278
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-275) and index
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1. The six ministries: an overview -- 2. The appointment and dismissal of ministers: from the accession of Louis XVI to the death of Maurepas, 1774-81 -- 3. The appointment and dismissal of ministers: from the death of Maurepas to the Assembly of Notables -- 4. The appointment and dismissal of ministers: from the convocation of the Assembly of Notables to the fall of the Bastille -- 5. Conclusion to Part One -- 6. Prime and principal ministers -- 7. The 'embarrassments of peace' and the paradoxes of power: controleurs, directeurs and ministres des finances -- 8. Decision-making: councils, comites and conferences -- 9. Louis XVI and the politicians -- 10. The political role of Marie-Antoinette -- 11. The crown and the parlement -- 12. The politicians and the public -- Appendix 1: Louis XVI's ministers, 1774-89 -- Appendix 2: Map of the generalites of France -- Appendix 3: The king's residences away from Versailles
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In this major study, John Hardman examines the political system in France in the closing years of the Ancient Regime. Although he considers the political origins of the Revolution, his main emphasis is not on the coming storm but on the way the country was governed under the system so soon to be swept away. The questions he addresses - all of them basic, yet many are being answered here for the first time - include what the political institutions and underlying power structures were; who operated and controlled them; how and why ministers were appointed and dismissed; where and how decisions were taken; how far the royal administration stemmed from the king himself; and what his roles in theory and practice actually were
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Marie Antoinette,1755-1793
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Cabinet officers-- France-- History-- 18th century
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France, Politics and government, 1774-1793
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France, History, Louis XVI, 1774-1793
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944/.035
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DC136.5.H37 1995
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