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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 16001789 - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization
Author: Jay M Smith
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 rej...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780472096381
ISBN-10: 0472096389
Publication Date: 11/15/1996
Pages: 320
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Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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