Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-century France
Author | : Sharon Kettering |
Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Decentralization in government |
ISBN | : 0195036735 |
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A bold new study of politics and power in 17th-century France, this book argues that the French Crown extended its control over the provinces and laid the foundations for a centralized state by removing patronage power from the provincial governors and putting it instead in the hands of newly-created provincial power brokers--regional notables who cooperated with the Paris ministers in exchange for their patronage.