Louis XIV and the Parlements: The assertion of royal authority

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,...

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description 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 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, notably in the form of forced loans and office sales, 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 the current revisionist understanding of the reign of Louis XIV and insists that, after all, absolute government had a harsh reality at its core. Based upon extensive archival research, Louis XIV and the parlements will be of interest to all students of the history of early modern France and the monarchies of Europe.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-281192025-01-14T10:40:16Z Louis XIV and the Parlements: The assertion of royal authority Hurt, John france history politics monarchy Bordeaux French livre Jean-Baptiste Colbert Lit de justice Louis XIV of France Paris Parlement Rennes thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history 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 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, notably in the form of forced loans and office sales, 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 the current revisionist understanding of the reign of Louis XIV and insists that, after all, absolute government had a harsh reality at its core. Based upon extensive archival research, Louis XIV and the parlements will be of interest to all students of the history of early modern France and the monarchies of Europe. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2010-06-01 00:00:00 2020-04-01T15:32:00Z 2002 book 341351 OCN: 608476169 972000084 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/35040 9780719062353 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28119 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/35040/1/341351.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/35040/1/341351.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/35040/1/341351.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/35040/1/341351.pdf Manchester University Press 10.7228/manchester/9780719062353.001.0001 10.7228/manchester/9780719062353.001.0001 bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 9780719062353 open access
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