Nicholas Henshall

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The Age of the Elites

Nicholas Henshall examines the politics of aristocratic culture in Europe between 1650 and 1750.

Monarch of all I survey: Louis XV of France in his robes of state.

The Myth of Absolutism

Enlightened despots or imperial new clothes? Nicholas Henshall takes a fresh look at the realities of power in the bureaucracies and rulers of ancien regime Europe.