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Record Nr.

UNISA996210694003316

Autore

Hurt John J (John Jeter), <1938-2022.>

Titolo

Louis XIV and the parlements : the assertion of royal authority / / John J. Hurt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002

ISBN

1-84779-550-1

1-5261-3748-8

1-78170-037-0

1-280-73418-3

9786610734184

1-84779-067-4

1-4237-0639-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 217 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

944/.033

Soggetti

Monarchy - France - History - 17th century

France Politics and government 1643-1715

France Kings and rulers Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: sovereignty and registration of the laws -- 1. Compulsory registration and its limits, 1665-1671 -- 2. Victory over the parlements, 1671-1675 -- 3. Venal office and the royal breakthrough -- 4. The ordeal of the parlementaires -- 5. The regent and the parlements: the bid for cooperation -- 6. Confronting the Parlement of Paris, 1718 -- 7. Sequels -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 overcome the century-old opposition of the parlements to new legislation, and to impose upon them the strict political discipline for which his reign is known. The work calls into



question the current revisionist understanding of the reign of Louis XIV and insists that, after all, absolute government had a harsh reality at its core. When the king died in 1715, the regent, Philippe d'Orleans, 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.