Venality: The Sale of Offices in Eighteenth-Century France

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In early modern France almost all posts of public responsibility could only be acquired by purchase or inheritance. By the eighteenth century there were 70,000 venal offices comprising the entire judiciary, most of the legal profession, officers in the army, and a wide range of other professions. William Doyle, one of the foremost historians of early modern Europe, traces the evolution and dissolution of a system which was one of the central institutions of French life for over three centuries. Read more

ISBN10 0198205368
ISBN13 978-0198205364
Edition 1st
Language English
Publisher Clarendon Press
Dimensions 6.31 x 0.98 x 9.5 inches
Item Weight 1.6 pounds
Print length 364 pages
Publication date January 30, 1997

Venality: The Sale of Offices in Eighteenth-Century France

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