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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Main Author: Hurt, John (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Manchester University Press 2002
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