Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX: PROVISIONS OF THE 1666 PRONATALIST EDICT; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

About the Author

Leslie Tuttle is Assistant Professor of History, University of Kansas

Reviews

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*