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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, calling into question current revisionist understanding of Louis XIV.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
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
Bibliography

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 2/19/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719069802, 978-0719069802
      ISBN10: 0719069807

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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, calling into question current revisionist understanding of Louis XIV.

      Table of Contents

      List of Tables
      Abbreviations
      Preface
      Introduction
      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
      Bibliography

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