Book ReviewsThe Culture of Merit: Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600–1789.By Jay M. Smith. Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization. Edited by, Marvin B. Becker. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996. Pp. ix+305. $47.50.

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