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This page intentionally left blank PROVINCIAL POWER AND ABSOLUTE MONARCHY TheEstatesGeneralofBurgundy,1661–1790 This is the first book in English to study the history of the Estates GeneralofBurgundyduringtheclassicperiodofabsolutemonarchy. Although not a representative institution in any modern sense, the Estates were constantly engaged in a process of bargaining with theFrenchcrown,andthisbookexaminesthatrelationshipunderthe ancien r´egime. Julian Swann analyses the organisation, membership and powers of the Estates and explores their administration, their strugglesforpowerwithrivalinstitutionsandtheirrelationshipwith the crown and with the Burgundian people. The Estates proved remarkablyresilientwhenconfrontedbythechallengesposedbythe Bourbonmonarchy,andbythereignofLouisXVItheywereseem- ingly more powerful than ever. However, the desire to protect their privilegesandtoextendtheirauthorityhadnotbeenaccompaniedby an attempt to forge a meaningful relationship with the people they claimedtoserve. julian swann is Lecturer in Early Modern European History at BirkbeckCollege,UniversityofLondon.HeistheauthorofPolitics andtheParlementofParisunderLouisXV,1754–1774(1995). new studies in european history Editedby peter baldwin,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles christopher clark,UniversityofCambridge james b. collins,GeorgetownUniversity mia rodr´ıguez-salgado,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPolitical Science lyndal roper,RoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondon ThisisanewseriesinearlymodernandmodernEuropeanhistory.Itsaimisto publishoutstandingworksofresearch,addressedtoimportantthemesacrossawide geographicalrange,fromsouthernandcentralEurope,toScandinaviaandRussia, and from the time of the Renaissance to the Second World War. As it develops the series will comprise focused works of wide contextual range and intellectual ambition. Booksintheseries RoyaltyandDiplomacyinEurope, 1890–1914 roderick r. mclean CatholicRevivalintheAgeoftheBaroque ReligiousIdentityinSouthwestGermany,1550–1750 marc r. forster HelmuthvonMoltkeandtheOriginsoftheFirstWorldWar annika mombauer PetertheGreat TheStruggleforPower,1671–1725 paul bushkovitch Fatherlands StateBuildingandNationhoodinNineteenth-CenturyGermany abigail green TheFrenchSecondEmpire AnAnatomyofPoliticalPower roger price OriginsoftheFrenchWelfareState TheStruggleforSocialReforminFrance,1914–1947 paul v. dutton OrdinaryPrussians BrandenburgJunkersandVillagers,1500–1840 william w. hagen LibertyandLocalityinRevolutionaryFrance SixVillagesCompared,1760–1820 peter jones PROVINCIAL POWER AND ABSOLUTE MONARCHY The Estates General of Burgundy, 1661–1790 JULIAN SWANN BirkbeckCollege,UniversityofLondon Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambrigde.org/9780521827676 © Julian Swann 2003 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2003 - isbn-13 978-0-511-06273-5 eBook (NetLibrary) - isbn-10 0-511-06273-7 eBook (NetLibrary) - isbn-13 978-0-521-82767-6 hardback - isbn-10 0-521-82767-1 hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of s for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. ` AManonetMargot Contents Listofillustrations pageix Listoffigures x Listofappendices xi Listofmap xii Preface xiii Listofabbreviations xv Map:The duchyofBurgundyintheeighteenthcentury xvi 1 Historians,absolutemonarchyandtheprovincialestates 1 2 Ancienr´egime Burgundy 26 3 TheEstatesGeneralofBurgundy 41 4 Nosseigneursles´elusandtheofficersoftheEstates 91 5 Theprovincialadministration:authorityandenforcement 126 6 ‘It’srainingtaxes’.PayingfortheSunKing,1661–1715 154 7 Provincialadministrationinanageofiron,1661–1715 194 8 Thelimitsofabsolutism:crown,governorandtheEstates intheeighteenthcentury 230 9 Provincialrivalries:theEstatesandtheParlementofDijon intheeighteenthcentury 262 10 Tax,borrowandlend:crown,Estatesandfinance, 1715–1789 295 11 Anenlightenedadministration? 330 vii viii Contents 12 ThecomingoftheFrenchrevolutioninBurgundy, 1787–1789 365 Conclusion 400 Appendices 413 Bibliography 430 Index 447
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