Pierre Goubert

The French Peasantry in the Seventeenth Century

Pierre Goubert is perhaps the foremost contemporary historian of the French peasantry, and in this book he synthesises the work of a lifetime to produ...

The Conquest of Water

The Advent of Health in the Industrial Age

Studies the social, technological, historical, and cultural conquest of water discussing the role water plays in public and private life...

Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King

Louis XIV is one of history’s most notorious rulers. Ruling for three quarters of a century, the King of France had the longest reign in European hi...

The Ancien Régime

French Society, 1600-1750

This contains history and information about the French revolution. The society of the ancien regime is depicted as the author saw it and is offered as...

The Course of French History

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Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

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The French Peasantry of the Seventeenth Century

A Regional Example

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The French Peasantry in the 17th Century.

Pierre Goubert is perhaps the foremost contemporary historian of the French peasantry, and in this book he synthesises the work of a lifetime to produ...

The Ancien Regime

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