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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherManchester University Press
ISBN-100719045738
ISBN-139780719045738
eBay Product ID (ePID)1500007
Product Key Features
Book TitlePrinces and Peoples : France and the British Isles 1620-1714-An Anthology of Primary Sources
Number of Pages172 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1994
TopicEurope / France, International Relations / General, General, Europe / Great Britain / General
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorMargaret Kekewich
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-005406
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal941.06
SynopsisThis anthology is a comparative primary source collection of focus on France and the British Isles in a period critical to their development as great powers. It takes a fresh approach to the history of these two pre-industrial states, with the emphasis being on the regions and nations of which they were composed rather than the monolithic states., This anthology focuses on Britain and France in a period critical to their development as great powers. Its emphasis is on the regions and nations of which these two states were composed, rather than on the monolithic states. The documents illustrate many facets of their history, from the personal to the constitutional and, in particular, reflect the development of absolutism in France and of limited monarchy in England and other parts of the British Isles. Additionally, the documents indicate the social, religious and political trends that influenced the direction of change. Some of the documents have been drawn from unpublished 17th- and early 18th-century sources, and a number are translated from French for the first time. -- ., This anthology focuses on Britain and France in a period critical to their development as great powers. Its emphasis is on the regions and nations of which these two states were composed, rather than on the monolithic states. The documents illustrate many facets of their history, from the personal to the constitutional and, in particular, reflect the development of absolutism in France and of limited monarchy in England and other parts of the British Isles. Additionally, the documents indicate the social, religious and political trends that influenced the direction of change. Some of the documents have been drawn from unpublished 17th- and early 18th-century sources, and a number are translated from French for the first time., This innovative anthology is the first comparative primary source collection of focus on France and the British Isles in a period critical to their development as great powers. It takes a fresh approach to the history of these two pre-industrial states, with the emphasis being on the regions and nations of which they were composed rather than the monolithic states.