Joaquim Albareda creator Manuel Herrero Sánchez B01 Oxford Routledge 20210630 1 ng eng 364 p What kind of political representation existed in the Ancien Régime? Which social sectors were given a voice, and how were they represented in the institutions? These are some of the issues addressed by the authors of this book from different institutional angles (monarchies and republics; parliaments and municipalities), from various European territories and finally from a connected and comparative perspective. The aim is twofold: analyse the different mechanisms of political representation before Liberalism, their strengths and limitations; value the processes of oligarchisation and the possible mismatch between a libertarian model and a reality which was far from its idealised image. 9781032094939 Taylor & Francis 01 250312 20250317100411.0 1032094931