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Author Hurt, John J. (John Jeter), 1938-2022, author

Title Louis XIV and the parlements : the assertion of royal authority / John J. Hurt
Published Manchester, UK ; New York, NY : Manchester University Press, [2002]
New York, NY : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 217 pages)
Series UPSO - Manchester University Press E-Books
Contents Introduction : sovereignty and registration of the laws -- Compulsory registration and its limits, 1665-1671 -- Victory over the parlements, 1671-1675 -- Venal office and the royal breakthrough -- The ordeal of the parlementaires -- The regent and the parlements : the bid for cooperation -- Confronting the Parlement of Paris, 1718 -- Sequels -- Conclusion
Summary "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'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." "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." "John J. Hurt is Associate Professor of History at the University of Delaware."--Jacket
Analysis France
History
Monarchy
Politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-215) and index
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Subject Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
SUBJECT Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 fast
Subject Monarchy -- France -- History -- 17th century
Parlements (French courts)
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
History.
Kings and rulers
Monarchy
Parlements (French courts)
Politics and government
Gerechtshoven.
Parlement van Parijs.
Gezag.
SUBJECT France -- Politics and government -- 1643-1715. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051467
France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Subject France
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781423706397
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9781781700372
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9781280734182
1280734183
9786610734184
6610734186
0719062357
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