Provincial Power and Absolute Monarchy : The Estates General of Burgundy, 1661-1790 (Hardcover)

List of illustrations; List of figures; List of appendices; List of map; Preface; List of abbreviations; Map: the duchy of Burgundy in the eighteenth century; 1. Historians, absolute monarchy and the provincial estates; 2. Ancien regime Burgundy; 3. The Estates General of Burgundy; 4. Nosseigneurs les elus and the officers of the Estates; 5. The provincial administration: authority and enforcement; 6. 'It's raining taxes': paying for the Sun King, 1661?1715; 7. Provincial administration in an age of iron, 1661?1715; 8. The limits of absolutism: crown, governor and the Estates in the eighteenth century; 9. Provincial rivalries: the Estates and the Parlement of Dijon in the eighteenth century; 10. Tax, borrow and lend: crown, Estates and finance, 1715?89; 11. An enlightened administration?; 12. The coming of the French revolution in Burgundy, 1787?9; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.