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A magisterial history of French society between the end of the middle ages and the Revolution by one of the world's leading authorities on early modern France. Using colorful examples and incorporating the latest scholarship, William Beik conveys the distinctiveness of early modern society and identifies the cultural practices that defined the lives of people at all levels of society. Painting a vivid picture of the realities of everyday life, he reveals how society functioned and how the different classes interacted. In addition to chapters on nobles, peasants, city people, and the court, the book sheds new light on the Catholic church, the army, popular protest, the culture of violence, gendered relations, and sociability. This is a major new work that restores the ancien régime as a key epoch in its own right and not simply as the prelude to the coming Revolution.
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    0521709563
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521709569
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    May 29, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.99 x 0.95 x 9.02 inches
  8. Print length
    420 pages
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"...an excellent survey of early modern French social and cultural history. Highly recommended." -Choice

"Professor Beik's survey of early modern social and cultural history will soon enough be a standard in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses...the real value of this work for students and scholars alike will be experienced in unpacking the entirety of Beik's distinct argument from the many strands of French social and cultural history from which it is derived."
Canadian Journal of History, Dean T. Ferguson, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

"Aimed squarely at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, as well as those looking for a thorough and reliable introduction to the past several decades of scholarship, A Social and Cultural History of Early Modern France, provides a thoughtful, well-written, and consistently engaging synthesis of a prodigious amount of scholarship on a vast array of topics." -H-France

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A major history of French society between the end of the Middle Ages and the Revolution.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 29, 2009
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 420 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521709563
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521709569
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.48 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.99 x 0.95 x 9.02 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #2,591,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars (12)

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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  • mimi k.
    5 out of 5 stars
    This is an excellent multi-layered approach to understanding French society as it evolved ...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2015
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    This is an excellent multi-layered approach to understanding French society as it evolved in the centuries leading to the events of the French Revolution. Each chapter opens with a brief introduction on the topic at hand i.e. Rural communities, Peasant life, Domination by the nobility, City Life and city people, etc. and closes with a conclusion. If you are pressed for time, it may due just to read these two parts to get an understanding of Prof. Beik's analysis and final argument. But you will want to read every word or every chapter as Beik brings this world alive with colorful examples of power relationships, events that brought men (and especially women) into the streets, and the minutes descriptions of how French culture and society slowly evolved making the FR almost the logic outcome.

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  • Jacob la Cour
    5 out of 5 stars
    The title does not bring justice to this great history book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2015
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    The title makes this book sound rather boring. It is NOT! It is a very interesting and well written account of one of the - in my viee - most crucial periods of European history - when the leading nation of (Continental) Europe goes from medieval state to a modern nation. It is superbly researched and littered with colourful, amuzing and bloody annecdotes of the lives of pessants, priests, nobles and Kings.

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    very good

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