| Title:
An
Introduction to Eighteenth Century France by John Lough |
|
Description:
This
book initially gives an account of France between 1715
and 1789; it then goes onto the economic and social history
of that period arranged in chapters, on the land and the
peasants, the towns and the two privileged orders, the
clergy and nobility. The next three chapters then deals
with the Regent and Fleury, the reign of Louis XV, and
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, it traces the history
of France from the death of Louis XIV to the meeting of
the Estates-General in 1789, laying particular stress
on the ‘aristocratic revolt’ and its undermining
of Absolutism. The next two chapters then give a background
to the literature and the thought of the period. In the
final chapter it summarises the changes brought about
by the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, and brings
out their influence on French life down to our day.
|
| Author:
John
Lough was a former student at St John’s College, Cambridge,
and university Lecturer in French. At the time of the writing
of this book he was a Professor of French at Durham. His
previous books include, ‘Travels in France’, ‘Paris
Theatre Audiences in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries’
and ‘An Introduction to Seventeenth Century France’.
|
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published:
First published 1960 |
Edition:
This
edition 1968 |
| Jacket
Condition: Fine
condition with maroon cover with gold guilt writing on spine
with picture dust cover which is in very good condition,
has very minimal tear on dust jacket. |
| Book
Condition:
Fine condition containing 349 pages, many of which contain
black and white illustrations. Original 1968 price was 35/-.
Has previous owners name dated 1969 on inside of cover. |
| Publisher:
Longmans,Green & Co Ltd, England. |
| ISBN:
no
number |
| Size
& Weight: 22.3
cm x 14.4 cm (H x W). 3.2 cm thick. |
