The culture of merit : nobility, royal service, and the making of absolute monarchy in France, 1600-1789 / Jay M. Smith.

Author/creator Smith, Jay M., 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1996.
Descriptionvii, 305 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in medieval and early modern civilization
Studies in medieval and early modern civilization. ^A291153
Contents Merit and the personal modality of service -- Family and the personal modality -- State formation and the culture of royal service in the age of Louis -- Through the eyes of the king : merit, service, and the state in the age of Louis XIV -- Extending the sovereign's gaze in the eighteenth century : merit, nobility, and the army -- Military reform in the later eighteenth century : birth, merit, and the gaze of absolute monarchy -- Conclusion : from the sovereign's gaze to the gaze of sovereignty.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-297) and index.
LCCN 96009992
ISBN0472096389 (alk. paper)
ISBN0472066382 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DC33.4 .S55 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold