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Lecture 10 - Reform and its
Discontents, 1600 - c.1660
Traditional Historiography
Birth of absolutism, "the state" and a decline in violence - state formation
Crucible of modernity - birth of absolutism
Sovereign authority of the king and apparatus that supports this authority
What is the reality? - Continuities
Endurance of the idea of reform
Dynastic instability, the over-powerful magnate & venal officeholders
Solution: control of patronage and the need to build a clientele network
What was new - sense of change
France becomes involved in foreign wars
Increase in taxes and shift in the role of the state - military-fiscal state
How the idea of reform and mixed monarchy clashes with the needs of war and taxation
Shift in an idea of politics - reason of state
The Crisis of Authority
1617 Assassination of Concino Concini, Marquis d'Ancre and Marshal of France
Corpse was subjected to ritual humiliations
Castration
Eyes gouged out
Nose cut off
Bits of his body were sold as souvenirs
Dehumanising him - gendered nature of citizenship and politics
The reward for success was great - the risk of failure was lethal
Coup d'etat in 1617 did not bring stability
Lecture 10 - Reform and its Discontents, 1600 - c.1660 1
Lecture 10 - Reform and its
Discontents, 1600 - c.1660
Traditional Historiography
Birth of absolutism, "the state" and a decline in violence - state formation
Crucible of modernity - birth of absolutism
Sovereign authority of the king and apparatus that supports this authority
What is the reality? - Continuities
Endurance of the idea of reform
Dynastic instability, the over-powerful magnate & venal officeholders
Solution: control of patronage and the need to build a clientele network
What was new - sense of change
France becomes involved in foreign wars
Increase in taxes and shift in the role of the state - military-fiscal state
How the idea of reform and mixed monarchy clashes with the needs of war and taxation
Shift in an idea of politics - reason of state
The Crisis of Authority
1617 Assassination of Concino Concini, Marquis d'Ancre and Marshal of France
Corpse was subjected to ritual humiliations
Castration
Eyes gouged out
Nose cut off
Bits of his body were sold as souvenirs
Dehumanising him - gendered nature of citizenship and politics
The reward for success was great - the risk of failure was lethal
Coup d'etat in 1617 did not bring stability
Lecture 10 - Reform and its Discontents, 1600 - c.1660 1
