Politics and the Parlement of Paris under Louis XV, 1754}}}1774 [Paperback]

An analysis of the causes and consequences of the political crises between King and Parlement in eighteenth-century France.Before 1789, politics in France was based on the relationship between the king and the Parlement of Paris. After 1750, the two sides entered into serious conflict about Louis XV's policies, and in 1771 the Parlement was abolished. This book examines the causes of the Revolution of 1771. Before 1789, politics in France was based on the relationship between the king and the Parlement of Paris. After 1750, the two sides entered into serious conflict about Louis XV's policies, and in 1771 the Parlement was abolished. This book examines the causes of the Revolution of 1771. Before the revolution of 1789, politics in France was based on the relationship between the king and the Parlement of Paris. After 1750, the two sides entered into serious conflict about Louis XV's religious, financial and administrative policies, and in 1771 the Parlement was abolished. This book examines the causes of what contemporaries called the Revolution of 1771. It examines government under Louis XV, the role of the Parlement and how politics worked in eighteenth-century France.Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the Parlement of Paris; 2. Historians and the parlements; 3; The king and his judges; 4. The parti jans?niste and the refusal of the sacraments crisis, 17541756; 5. Managing the parlements: crisis and compromise, 17561758; 6. The Parlement and fiscal politics, 17561763; 7. Choiseul and the politics of appeasement, 17581763; 8. An unhappy peace, 1763; 9. Defending La Chalotais: the Brittany affair, 17641766; 10. In the eye of the storm, 17671770; 11. The fall of the Parlement of Paris, 17701771; Conclusion: Maupeou and beyond; Bibliography; Index. Swann's readable and revealing account of judicial politics during the years 1754-1774, based on extensive research in manuscript and published sources, inevitably reviews material discussed blí