Labour, Science and Technology in France, 1500–1620

By:

Henry Heller

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History

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For a generation, the history of the ancien regime has been written from the perspective of the Annales school, with its emphasis on the role of long-term economic and cultural factors in shaping the development of early modern France. In this detailed study, Henry Heller challenges such a paradigm and assembles a huge range of information about technical innovation and ideas of improvement in sixteenth-century France. Emphasising the role of state intervention in the economy, the development of science and technology, and recent research into early modern proto-industrialisation, Heller counters notions of a France mired in an archaic, determinist mentalite. Despite the tides of religious fanaticism and seigneurial reaction, the period of the religious wars saw a surprising degree of economic, technological and scientific innovation, making possible the consolidation of capitalism in French society during the reign of Henri IV.

Release date Australia

May 9th, 2002

Author

Henry Heller

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 Maps; 6 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

272

Series

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History

Dimensions

157x231x17

ISBN-13

9780521893800

Product ID

2358967

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