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9%OFFPhilip T. Hoffman - Fiscal Crises, Liberty, and Representative Government 1450-1789 - 9780804741927 - V9780804741927
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Fiscal Crises, Liberty, and Representative Government 1450-1789

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Description for Fiscal Crises, Liberty, and Representative Government 1450-1789 Paperback. These essays focus on the growth of representative institutions and the mechanics of European state finance from the end of the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Editor(s): Hoffman, Philip T.; Norberg, Kathryn. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.

This volume, one of the books in the "Making of Modern Freedom" series, is a collection of essays by eminent historians who explore the relationship between state finance and political development in fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe. They analyze how during this period European states were engaged in nearly continuous warfare and how those warfares produced fiscal crises. As a result, rulers were forced to enter into novel fiscal agreements with their subjects, often providing their subjects more political power, in exchange.

The volume begins with two essays on England. David Harris Sacks traces the politics of government finance ... Read more

The two final essays deal with the consequences of absolutism in France. Philip T. Hoffman details the fiscal effect of noble privileges and explores the political ramifications of the country's repeated financial crises, and Kathryn Norberg explains why the fiscal crisis of 1789 finally brought down the monarchy.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
The Making of Modern Freedom Series
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804741927
SKU
V9780804741927
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