Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The king’s entourage and public clashes over provincial assemblies 14
6. 2 The emergence of anti-noble politics and the provincial assembly of Berry 49
7. 3 Bourgeois liberalism and revolutionary politics 75
8. 4 Poitou and the question of feudalism, from the Old Regime to revolution and counterrevolution 105
9. 5 Provincial assemblies and the revolutionary challenge to patrimonialism 138
10. 6 Village elections and the development of liberal perspectives on government 161
11. Conclusion 185
12. Bibliography 194
13. Index 217