How does authority become power? How does power justify itself to achieve its ends? Offering a new perspective on the nature of political society in the French

"The centralizing monarchical discourse has long dominated our perception of the kingdom of France. Jacques Krynen, Jean Barbey, Arlette Jouanna, and many other

Offers a new perspective on the nature of political society in the French monarchy, across more than two centuries.

Aimed firmly at the student reader, this handbook offers an overview of the full range of the history of France, from the origins of the concept of post-Roman "