Clermont de Lodève 1633–1789: Fluctuations in the Prosperity of a Languedocian Cloth-making Town

by J. K. J. Thomson

• ISBN13: 9780521541091
• ISBN10: 0521541093
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-25
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Clermont-de-Lodéve, a Languedocian cloth-making town, experienced two major cycles in its development. In the seventeenth century unprecedented prosperity was followed by deep and prolonged depression, and in the eighteenth a rapid, if irregular, industrial expansion was interrupted by a major crisis and followed by a painful and protracted decline. The purpose of this book is to describe the economic and social manifestations of these cycles as precisely as the sources permit, focussing in particular on the varying characteristics of Clermont's elite.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

List of maps

List of tables

Preface

List of abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Languedoc

3. Clermont-de-Lodè

ve

4. Clermont during the seventeenth century

5. Colbert, Languedoc, Saptes, Villenouvette

6. Villenouvette succeeds

7. Villenouvette and Clermont

8. The first thirty years, 1695-1724

9. The second thirty years, 1725-54

10. A change in policy and its consequences, 1754-9

11. The last thirty years, 1760-89, 'The Age of Iron': an explanation

12. Conclusion

Appendices

Bibliography

Index.