Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of illustrations

List of maps

List of table

Preface

List of abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 Languedoc

3 Clermont-de-Lodeve

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: the end of the cycle

Appendix 1: Languedoc's intendants, 1673-1789

Appendix 2: Clermont's inspectors, 1727-91

Appendix 3: Glossary of cloth types, textile and administrative terms, weights and measures

Bibliography: Manuscript scfurces

Printed sources and pre-1800 publications

Secondary works

Index