The culture of merit : nobility, royal service, and the making of absolute monarchy in France, 1600-1789 / Jay M. Smith.
1996
DC33.4 .S55 1996 (Mapit)
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The culture of merit : nobility, royal service, and the making of absolute monarchy in France, 1600-1789 / Jay M. Smith.
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0472096389 (alk. paper)
9780472096381 (alk. paper)
0472066382 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780472066384 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780472096381 (alk. paper)
0472066382 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780472066384 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1996.
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English
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vii, 305 pages ; 24 cm
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DC33.4 .S55 1996
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944/.033
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index.
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Studies in medieval and early modern civilization.
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Table of 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.
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.