 | The Coming of French Absolutism: The Struggle for Tax Reform in the Province of Dauphiné 1540-1640 Subjects: Taxation -- France -- Dauphiné -- History; Dauphiné (France) -- History; Dauphiné (France) -- Economic conditions; Despotism; The fiscal and institutional development of the Dauphiné province, Frances, suggests a different absolutist dynamic than the conventional idea of a top-down centralization process. Daniel Hickey analyses the groups that directed each stage of the struggle for tax reform that actively encouraged royal intervention. Hickey Daniel : Daniel Hickey is a professor emeritus and former chairman of the Département d'histoire et de géographie de l'Université de Moncton.Daniel Hickey is a professor emeritus and former chairman of the Département d'histoire-géographie, Université de Moncton. |
