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Complete Works of Voltaire 68 - Histoire du parlement de Paris (Hardcover, Critical edition) Loot Price: R4,775
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Complete Works of Voltaire 68 - Histoire du parlement de Paris (Hardcover, Critical edition): John Renwick

Complete Works of Voltaire 68 - Histoire du parlement de Paris (Hardcover, Critical edition)

John Renwick; Voltaire

Series: Complete Works of Voltaire, 68

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A la sortie en 1769 de "L'Histoire du parlement de Paris" la France traversait une phase de conflit politique, puisque le parlement contestait energiquement le pouvoir royal. Craignant pour la stabilite de la nation, Voltaire se fixa la tache d'explorer les bases historiques de l'autorite du parlement, dans le but de renforcer la position de Louis XV. Dans son Introduction a cet ouvrage, John Renwick examine l'evolution de l'attitude de Voltaire envers le parlement, les ideologies qu'il cherche a combattre, et les strategies narratives complexes qu'il utilise pour presenter son argumentation. Il replace l'ouvrage dans le contexte des preoccupations orientees vers les notions de justice et de tolerance. Il retrace les curieuses retombees de la publication de cet ouvrage, qui forceraient Voltaire, par crainte de represailles, a en renier diligemment la paternite.

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Imprint: Voltaire Foundation
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Complete Works of Voltaire, 68
Release date: July 2005
Editors: John Renwick
Authors: Voltaire
Dimensions: 230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 628
Edition: Critical edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-7294-0823-3
Categories: Books
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LSN: 0-7294-0823-X
Barcode: 9780729408233

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