Louis XIV And The Parlements: The Assertion Of Royal Authority - Couverture souple

Hurt, John J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719069807 ISBN 13 : 9780719069802

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This is the first scholarly study of the political and economic relationship between Louis XIV and the parlements of France, the Parlement of Paris and all the provincial tribunals. The author explains how the king managed to impose strict political discipline for which this reign, and only this reign, is known. Hurt shows that the king built upon that discipline to extract large sums of money from the judges in the parlements, thus damaging their economic interests. When the king died in 1715, the regent, Philippe d'Orléans, after a brief attempt to befriend the parlements through compromise, resorted to the authoritarian methods of Louis XIV and perpetuated the Sun King's political and economic legacy.

This study calls into question current revisionist understanding of Louis XIV and insists that absolute government had a harsh reality at its core. Based upon extensive archival research, this remarkable book will be of interest to all students of the history of early modern France and the monarchies of Europe.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John J. Hurt is Associate Professor of History at the University of Delaware

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719069807
• ISBN 13: 9780719069802
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible