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Performative Polemic

- Anti-Absolutist Pamphlets and their Readers in Late Seventeenth-Century France

About Performative Polemic

Analyses the ""war of words"" unleashed in the pamphlets denouncing Louis XIV's absolute monarchy between 1667 and 1715. The book investigates how pamphlet writers challenged the monarchy's monopoly over the performance of sovereignty by contesting the very mechanisms through which the crown legitimized its authority.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781644532102
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 338
  • Published:
  • June 20, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 228x153x20 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 476 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 15, 2024

Description of Performative Polemic

Analyses the ""war of words"" unleashed in the pamphlets denouncing Louis XIV's absolute monarchy between 1667 and 1715. The book investigates how pamphlet writers challenged the monarchy's monopoly over the performance of sovereignty by contesting the very mechanisms through which the crown legitimized its authority.

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