The Culture of Merit : Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600-1789 (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization)

the culture of merit : nobility, royal service, and the making of absolute monarchy in france, 1600-1789 (studies in medieval and early modern civilization)

The Culture of Merit : Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600-1789 (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization)

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The eighteenth century's critique of privilege and its commitment to the idea of advancement by merit are widely regarded as sources of modernity. But if meritocratic values were indeed the product of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, how do we explain earlier attention to merit--especially the nobility whose values the Revolution rejected? The Culture of Merit probes this paradox by analyzing changing perceptions of merit among the old nobility from the age of Louis XIII to the eve of the French Revolution.

The Culture of Merit: Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600-1789 (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization),Jay M Smith,University of Michigan Press,0472096389,1638-1715,17th century,Civilization,Europe - France,France,France - History,History,History - General History,History: World,Influence,King of France,,Louis,Medieval,Monarchy,Moral and ethical aspects,XIV,,Constitution: government & the state,European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland),History / Medieval,Rank & titles

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