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Old Regime France: 1648-1788 (Short Oxford History of France) (1st Edition) by William Doyle (Editor) Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-19-873129-9 / 0198731299 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-873129-0 / 9780198731290 The kingdom of France, a byword for upheaval and instability for a century before 1660, was transformed over the subsequent generation into the greatest power in Europe and an institutional model admired and imitated almost everywhere. A further century elapsed before this hegemony was challenged, a |