For a generation, the history of the ancien r???gime has been written from the perspective of the Annales school, with its emphasis on the role of long-term economic and cultural factors in shaping the development of early modern France. In this detailed 1995 study, Henry Heller challenges such a paradigm and assembles a huge range of information about technical innovation and ideas of improvement in sixteenth-century France. Emphasising the role of state intervention in the economy, the development of science and ...
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For a generation, the history of the ancien r???gime has been written from the perspective of the Annales school, with its emphasis on the role of long-term economic and cultural factors in shaping the development of early modern France. In this detailed 1995 study, Henry Heller challenges such a paradigm and assembles a huge range of information about technical innovation and ideas of improvement in sixteenth-century France. Emphasising the role of state intervention in the economy, the development of science and technology, and recent research into early modern proto-industrialisation, Heller counters notions of a France mired in an archaic, determinist mentalit???. Despite the tides of religious fanaticism and seigneurial reaction, the period of the religious wars saw a surprising degree of economic, technological and scientific innovation, making possible the consolidation of capitalism in French society during the reign of Henri IV.
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Very Good in Near Fine jacket. Cambridge University Press. HARDCOVER. 1995. 0521550319: Binding: Hardcover (page edges foxed at head; o/w NF)Vendor: Cambridge University PressSubject: History | Europe | France. Very Good. 1st.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Halftones, Maps. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History . 6 b/w illus. 1 map. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Print on demand Contains: Halftones, Maps. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History . 6 b/w illus. 1 map. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
