Auteur: Sharon Kettering

Most historical scholarship concerned with the Fronde has investigated the Parlement of Paris. By focusing on the different experience of high court judges in Aix-en-Provence, Sharon Kettering illumi …

A bold new study of politics and power in 17th-century France, this book argues that the French Crown centralized its power nationally by changing the way it delegated its royal patronage in the prov …

This book provides a ‘birds eye’ view of social change in France during the ‘long seventeenth century’ from 1589-1715. One of the most dynamic phases of French history, it covers the reigns of the fi …

This book provides a ‘birds eye’ view of social change in France during the ‘long seventeenth century’ from 1589-1715. One of the most dynamic phases of French history, it covers the reigns of the fi …

This book seeks to rehabilitate the reputation of Charles d’Albert, duc de Luynes, the controversial favourite of Louis XIII often maligned by historians. Kettering argues that the traditional histor …

The dual themes of this volume are the characteristics of patronage relationships and their political uses in early modern France. The first essays provide an overview of the scholarly literature and …

The dual themes of this volume are the characteristics of patronage relationships and their political uses in early modern France. The first essays provide an overview of the scholarly literature and …