John Rogister, Rogister John

Louis XV and the Parlement of Paris, 1737 55

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An account of the relationship between Louis XV, the clergy of France, and the Parlement of Paris in the mid-eighteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780521893367
• ISBN-10: 0521893364
• Artikelnr.: 21169653

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Preface
A note on names
1. The background: the Parlement and the King
2. Issues and intrigues, 1741-1747
3. Prelude to crisis: the vingtième and the affair of the hôpital général, 1748-1751
4. Denial of sacraments: the conflict of 1752
5. A decision for the King
6. The crisis of 1753
7. The transfer of the Parlement to Pontoise and the exile of the enquêtes and requêtes, 1753
8. The exile of the grand'chambre and the return of the Parlement, 1753-1754
Conclusion: the 'law of silence', 2 September 1754
Appendix A. Note on the Comte d'Argenson's informants
Appendix B. Two letters of Louis XV on the crisis of 1753.