Paris in the Age of Absolutism

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The new edition of Paris in the Age of Absolutism, beautifully produced by Pennsylvania State University Press and sumptuously illustrated, is very welcome. The first edition was an innovative political history, elegantly written, and displaying great sensitivity to the role of urban planning, architecture, and the culture of the French and Parisian elites. It retains all of these qualities, even after so long, and is still a pleasure to read. It is fascinating to observe just how far ahead Ranum's original work was, in certain respects, of much that was being written in the late 1960s.... His global vision of seventeenth-century Parisian politics as a struggle between a religious idiom and a 'heroic, ' chivalric noble culture, with the absolute monarchy skillfully using elements of both in order to transcend both, remains a challenging and valuable one for both students and scholars." - David Garrioch, H-France, "This is a welcome new edition of a classic work. Orest Ranum vividly depicts Paris's transformation from a somber medieval city devastated by war to the grand New Rome of Louis XIV. Impressionistic and intense, this book captures well the evolving moods of Paris's citizenry and the values imposed by its dominant elite." - Barbara Diefendorf, Boston University, "Since its original publication in 1968, no book has matched Orest Ranum's captivating and wide-ranging account of Paris in the seventeenth century, when she emerges as a great capital city. Combining fine-grained insights with a vivid portrait of urban life, this book explains the importance of Paris in French history and confirms Ranum's standing as the finest historian of seventeenth-century France writing in the English language today." - Hilary Ballon, Columbia University