William Beik
American historian
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- PhD History University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Humphrey Beik was an American professor of French history, specialising in early modern France. Beik's father, Paul Beik, was a professor of history at Swarthmore College who carried out research on the French Revolution, so that William was partially educated in France. William took degrees from Haverford College and Harvard University . From 1968 to 1990 he taught at Northern Illinois University, and in 1990 became Professor of French History at Emory University, retiring in 2007. His Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France received the American Historical Association's Herbert Baxter Adams Prize. He died in Pittsburgh on 31 August 2017.
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- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: State Power and Provincial Aristocracy in Languedoc (1985) (164)
- Urban Protest in Seventeenth-Century France: The Culture of Retribution (1997) (82)
- Review Article: The Absolutism of Louis XIV as Social Collaboration (2005) (60)
- Popular Culture and Elite Repression in Early Modern Europe@@@Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe@@@Culture Populaire et Culture des Elites Dans la France Moderne, XVe-XVIIIe Siecles: Essai (1980) (22)
- A Social and Cultural History of Early Modern France (2009) (17)
- Richelieu's Army: War, Government and Society in France, 1624-1642 (review) (2003) (13)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Absolutism and class (1985) (10)
- Credit, Fashion, Sex: Economies of Regard in Old Regime France (2014) (9)
- Debate the dilemma of popular history (1993) (8)
- The Violence of the French Crowd From Charivari to Revolution (2007) (8)
- Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents (2000) (8)
- Two Intendants Face a Popular Revolt: Social Unrest and the Structure of Absolutism in 1645 (1974) (7)
- Response to Henry Heller's 'The Longue Durée of the French Bourgeoisie' (2010) (4)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: The royal agents: a national linkage (1985) (4)
- Magistrates and Popular Uprisings in France before the Fronde: The Case of Toulouse (1974) (4)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: THE DISTRIBUTION OF AUTHORITY (1985) (4)
- Urban Factions and the Social Order during the Minority of Louis XIV (1987) (3)
- Politics, ideology, and the law in early modern Europe : essays in honor of J.H.M. Salmon (1995) (3)
- The culture of protest in seventeenth‐century French towns (1990) (2)
- Giant of the Grand Siecle: The French Army, 1610-1715 (review) (1999) (2)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: The Estates: central bargaining place (1985) (1)
- : Power and Faction in Louis XIV's France (1990) (1)
- Searching for Popular Culture in Early Modern France (1977) (1)
- Absolutism and the Rise of Capitalism in France and England (2001) (1)
- Protest and Rebellion in Seventeenth-Century France (2015) (1)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Basking in the sun: the triumph of authority and hierarchy (1985) (0)
- Book Review:Political Change in France under Richelieu and Mazarin, 1624-1661 Richard Bonney (1979) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Map: Languedoc in the seventeenth century (1985) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Select bibliography (1985) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Conclusion (1985) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Tax flows and society (1985) (0)
- The Enlightenment in Practice: Academic Prize Contests and Intellectual Culture in France, 1670–1794. By Jeremy L. Caradonna.Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2012. Pp. xvi+333. $59.95. (2013) (0)
- Celebrating Andrew Lossky: The Reign of Louis XIV Revisited (1991) (0)
- Sal Alexander Westrich. The Ormée of Bordeaux: A Revolution during the Fronde. (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, 89th series [1971], number 2.) Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1972. Pp. x, 160. $10.00 (1973) (0)
- A World of Paper: Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the Rise of the Information State. By John C. Rule and Ben S. Trotter. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014. Pp. xvii+829. Can$49.95. (2016) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Languedoc and its rulers (1985) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Preface (1985) (0)
- 3. Louis XIV and the Cities (2020) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: The sovereign courts: a provincial perspective (1985) (0)
- Reviews of Books:The Dynastic State and the Army under Louis XIV: Royal Service and Private Interest, 1661-1701 Guy Rowlands (2004) (0)
- W. Gregory Monahan. Let God Arise: The War and Rebellion of the Camisards. (2015) (0)
- The Insurgent Barricade.By Mark Traugott. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2010. Pp. xviii+436. $39.95. (2011) (0)
- Louis XIII, the Just. Lloyd MooteBrother to the Sun King: Philippe, Duke of Orléans. Nancy Nichols BarkerLouis XIV and the Origins of the Dutch War. Paul SonninoCommunities of Belief: Cultural and Social Tension in Early Modern France. Robin Briggs (1992) (0)
- Jacob Soll. The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System. (Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World.) Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2009. Pp. xi, 277. $65.00 (2010) (0)
- The Politics of Fiscal Privilege in Provence, 1530s–1830s. By Rafe Blaufarb. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2012. Pp. xiv, 299. $69.95, hardcover (2012) (0)
- Daniel Hickey — The Coming of French Absolutism: The Struggle for Tax Reform in the Province of Dauphiné, 1540-1640. (1987) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: The prospects for provincial solidarity (1985) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Collaborating with the king: positive results and fulfilled ambitions (1985) (0)
- Feminism, Absolutism, and Jansenism: Louis XIV and the Port-Royal Nuns. By Daniella Kostroun.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+273. $90.00 (cloth); $72.00 (Adobe eBook Reader); $72.00 (Mobipocket eBook). (2013) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Contradictory aspirations and practical problems (1985) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: The inadequacy of authority (1985) (0)
- Channels of personal influence (1985) (0)
- Urban setting and local authorities (1985) (0)
- Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France: Appendix: Breakdown of taxes from the diocese of Toulouse, 1677 (1985) (0)
- The Early Modern City 1450-1750, by Christopher R. FriedrichsThe Early Modern City 1450-1750, by Christopher R. Friedrichs. New York, Longman, 1995. x, 381 pp. (1996) (0)
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