02789nam 2200517 450 991016034600332120210112194103.00-19-109302-50-19-183077-10-19-109301-7(CKB)3710000001022037(StDuBDS)EDZ0001692562(MiAaPQ)EBC4786740(PPN)232792429(EXLCZ)99371000000102203720170104d2017 fy| 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierExile, imprisonment, or death the politics of disgrace in Bourbon France, 1610-1789 /Julian Swann[electronic resource]First edition.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2017.1 online resource illustrations (black and white)This edition previously issued in print: 2017.0-19-884606-1 0-19-878869-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Head of the household: disgrace at the Courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV -- Master and servant: Ministerial disgrace in the reign on Louis XIV -- 'Sire, in the name of God, have pity on me': the personal experience of disgrace -- The Golden Age of ministerial exile, 1715-54 -- Punishing the Parlements: exile, disgrace, and judicial politics -- Of secrets and supper parties: disgrace at the Court of Louis XV -- 'The secret of knowing how to be bored': daily life in disgrace -- Emptying the chamber pot: Family and friendship in disgrace -- 'The cry of the people is the voice of God': the popular politics of disgrace -- Disgrace without dishonour -- From disgrac to despotism: Lettres de cachet, arbitrary punishment, and the campaign for a Law of Public Safety -- Idol of the nation: ministerial disgrace in the reign of Louis XVI.In 1617, Louis XIII was forced to resort to assassination as punishment, while a century later, Louis XIV needed only to issue a command and the kingdom's most powerful subjects would submit to imprisonment or exile without trial. What were 'politics of disgrace', why did it emerge, what conventions governed its use, and how did France react to it?ReputationFranceHistoryPower (Social sciences)FranceHistoryFranceHistoryBourbons, 1589-1789History.fastReputationHistory.Power (Social sciences)History.944.03Swann Julian1076396StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910160346003321Exile, imprisonment, or death2586802UNINA