Item #184912 Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-Century France. Sharon Kettering.
Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-Century France
Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-Century France

Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-Century France

New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with silver elttering on spine. Green dj, clear mylar cover. x, 322 pages. VG/VG ex-lib copy. Associated library stamps/stickers on spine, bookblock, end pages. Item #184912
ISBN: 9780195036732

Contents: Introduction: Power and patronage -- ONE: PATRONS AND CLIENTS. General characteristics of patron-client relationships -- Fidelity relationships -- Variability among patrons and clients -- TWO: BROKERS. General characteristics of brokers -- Variability among brokers -- THREE: CLIENTELES. Clienteles and provincial institutions -- Great noble and administrative clienteles -- FOUR: BROKERS AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION. Brokers and institutions -- Brokers as troubleshooters -- Brokers and intendants -- FIVE: BROKERAGE AND THE NOBILITY. Sixteenth-century brokers of royal patronage -- Seventeenth-century brokers of royal patronage -- Noble power and brokerage -- SIX: CLIENTELISM AND THE EARLY MODERN STATE. Clientelism and conflict -- Clientelism and corruption -- Clientelism and change -- Epilogue: Cientelism and bureaucracy -- Conclusion: Nobles, brokers, and statebuilding -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

OCLC: 12237753

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