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Labour, Science and Technology in France, 1500-1620 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Labour Science and Technology in France 15001620 - Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History Author:Henry Heller In this detailed study, Henry Heller challenges the dominant approach to the history of early modern France, that of the Annales school, with its emphasis on long-term economic and cultural forces. He reexamines the history of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in France, and finds a surprising degree of economic, technological and sc... more »ientific innovation. At the same time, he contests the view that the religious conflicts of the period ought only to be understood in strictly religious terms.« less