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Voltaire and the parlements of France (Paperback, New ed.)
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Voltaire and the parlements of France (Paperback, New ed.)
Series: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2009:06
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Voltaire's turbulent relationship with the courts of law of ancien
regime France reveals much about his social and political thought,
but its representation in many studies of the philosophe is often
simplistic and distorted. In the first in-depth study of Voltaire
and the parlements James Hanrahan looks afresh at this relationship
to offer a new and challenging analysis of Voltaire's political
thought and activity. Through examination of Voltaire's evolving
representation of the parlements in his writings from La Henriade
to the Histoire du parlement, Hanrahan calls into question the
dominant historiography of extremes that pits Voltaire 'defender of
the oppressed' against 'self-interested' magistrates. He presents a
much more nuanced view of the relationship, from which the
philosophe emerges as a highly pragmatic figure whose political
philosophy was inseparable from his business or humanitarian
interests. In Voltaire and the 'parlements' of France Hanrahan
opens up analysis of Voltaire's politics, and provides a new
context for future study of the writer as both historiographer and
campaigner for justice.
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