Patronage and Seigneurial Authority in Early Modern Alsace

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ID8940126
AuthorsStephen A Lazer (corresponding author), Stephen Lazer
Year2018
Volume41
Issue3
Pages495-523
Publication date2018-07-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrench Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00161071-6682142
OpenAlexW2885044632
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

Historians have for decades studied how the French monarchy used patronage to increase its influence over newly conquered and distant provinces in the early modern period. However, provincial elites too had access to patronage that they could use to both resist French authority and cement their own. This article examines how the dukes of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld maintained the primacy of their seigneurial administrations and could thus also use patronage powers to check French authority. Case studies show that the dukes initially suffered from the intervention of French provincial patrons in their seigneurial appointments. After securing their position in Alsace, however, the dukes protected their autonomy by rejecting others' candidates. Having resisted French patronage, the dukes demonstrated their importance further by pushing their own candidates onto the provincial administration

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