The Culture of Merit: Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600-1789

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The eighteenth century's critique of privilege and its commitment to the idea of advancement by merit are widely regarded as sources of modernity. But if meritocratic values were indeed the product of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, how do we explain earlier attention to merit--especially the nobility whose values the Revolution rejected? The Culture of Merit probes this paradox by analyzing changing perceptions of merit among...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0472096389

ISBN13:9780472096381

Release Date:September 1996

Publisher:University of Michigan Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"

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The Culture of Merit: Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600-1789

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