Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. French cities from the sixteenth century to the Revolution: An overview -- Select Bibliography -- 2. Paris on the eve of Saint Bartholomew: taxation, privilege, and social geography -- 3. From renaissance city to ancien régime capital: Montpellier, c. 1500-c. 1600 -- 4. Consumers, commerce, and the craftsmen of Dijon: The changing social and economic structure of a provincial capital, 1450-1750 -- 5. The artisans of Aix-en-Provence in the sixteenth century: A micro-analysis of social relationships -- 6. Crown and capitoulat: municipal government in Toulouse 1500-1789 -- 7. Economic change, demographic growth and the fate of Dauphiné's small towns, 1698-1790 -- Index.