Boulainvilliers and the French Monarchy : : Aristocratic Politics in Early Eighteenth-Century France / / Harold A. Ellis.
Suspicious of the French monarchy, and scornful of the new elites that served it, Henri de Boulainvilliers (1658–1722) has been considered one of the Old Regime's paradigmatic aristocratic reactionaries, a founder of modern racist theory. Some scholars, however, have admired his "constitut...
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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Note on Translations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Early Works: Genealogy and the Problem of French Feudalism
- 3. Boulainvilliers and the Burgundy Circle
- 4. Boulainvilliers and the Due d'Orleans: Toward the Regency
- 5. The Affaire du Bonnet ( 1715-1 716) and Boulainvilliers' Hopes
- 6. The Affaire des Princes (1716-1717) and Boulainvilliers' Failure
- 7. Conclusion
- Bibliographical Appendix: Boulainvilliers' Works on French History
- Bibliography
- Index