INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX: PROVISIONS OF THE 1666 PRONATALIST EDICT; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Leslie Tuttle is Assistant Professor of History, University of Kansas
In Conceiving the Old Regime, Leslie Tuttle clearly demonstrates
how issues of population growth, fertility, child mortality, and
pronatalism permeated French culture intermittently for over a
century since 1666. Meticulously researched and fluidly written,
this book is engaging and a pleasure to read. Tuttle goes beyond
the work of other historians in contributing innovative and
important arguments about state building and in elucidating complex
connections between gender and the state. Conceiving the Old Regime
makes a significant contribution to family history and state
building in early modern France by opening a new window that allows
us to see the interplay between individuals, communities, and the
state.
*Rachel G. Fuchs, Arizona State University*
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