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 impose 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, 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 current revisionist
understanding of Louis XIV and insists that absolute government had
a harsh reality at its core. Based upon extensive archival
research, this remarkable book will be of interest to all students
of the history of early modern France and the monarchies of Europe.
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