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Originally published in 1968, this authoritative study analyses the
Parlement as a law court and examines its political role and
significance. From its beginning in the mid-13th Century until its
fall during the 1789 Revolution, the Paris Parlement stood at the
heart of government in France. Its primary function as the
crown’s judicial authority grew out of the need for a royal court
to dispense justice when the king could no longer do so personally.
The book describes how the Parlement evolved sophisticated
procedures and a complex organization of chambers, officers and
personnel and examines the Parlement’s judicial and political
growth, against the social backdrop of the Court and the Palais de
Justice.
Looks at the king and his beliefs, domestic problems, and foreign
policy.
Originally published in 1969, this volume provides a lucid analysis
of French government and society over two centuries, from the late
medieval period to the beginning of Louis XIV’s personal rule. It
takes up the essential arguments, contributes some novel
interpretations, challenges some assessments, and makes essential
reading for anyone trying to study the history of early modern
France.
Originally published in 1969, this volume provides a lucid analysis
of French government and society over two centuries, from the late
medieval period to the beginning of Louis XIV's personal rule. It
takes up the essential arguments, contributes some novel
interpretations, challenges some assessments, and makes essential
reading for anyone trying to study the history of early modern
France.
Originally published in 1968, this authoritative study analyses the
Parlement as a law court and examines its political role and
significance. From its beginning in the mid-13th Century until its
fall during the 1789 Revolution, the Paris Parlement stood at the
heart of government in France. Its primary function as the crown's
judicial authority grew out of the need for a royal court to
dispense justice when the king could no longer do so personally.
The book describes how the Parlement evolved sophisticated
procedures and a complex organization of chambers, officers and
personnel and examines the Parlement's judicial and political
growth, against the social backdrop of the Court and the Palais de
Justice.
Shennan examines the changing criteria upon which European
relations were based between 1689 and 1789, a complex period which
saw: the decline of dynasticism the emergence of economic power as
a concomitant of military might the growth of British influence the
dawn of nationalism For easy reference, this book also contains
extensive chronologies of the important battles, treaties and
alliances of the period, along with a list of further reading.
Since the first appearance of this book in 1983, the bicentenary of
the French Revolution has been celebrated. In order to make
contemporary sense of that momentous and dramatic event, historians
have re-examined the world of 18th-century France. This fully
revised second edition takes account of this and of other
historical work produced during the last decade. It is a concise
introductory text for students, covering: the period between Louis
XIV's death in 1715 and the outbreak of the French Revolution in
1789; France's accomplishments in international affairs, commercial
expansion, and intellectual and artistic life; the significance of
long-term political, social and economic forces in causing the
Revolution; and how the changing perception of government, from one
of dynastic, divine-right kingship towards the idea of a national
enterprise, first altered the relationship between the crown and
the privileged orders, and ultimately undermined the old regime.
Shennan examines the changing criteria upon which European
relations were based between 1689 and 1789, a complex period which
saw:
* the decline of dynasticism
* the emergence of economic power as a concomitant of military
might
* the growth of British influence
* the dawn of nationalism
For easy reference, this book also contains extensive chronologies
of the important battles, treaties and alliances of the period,
along with a list of further reading.
This fully revised second edition takes account of historical work
produced during the last decade. Covering the period between Louis
XIV's death in 1715 and the outbreak of the French Revolution in
1789, it discusses: * France's accomplishments in international
affairs, commercial expansion, and intellectual and artistic life *
the significance of long-term political, social and economic forces
in causing the Revolution * how the changing perception of
government, from one of divine-right kingship towards the idea of a
national enterprise, ultimately undermined the old regime.
Looks at the king and his beliefs, domestic problems, and foreign
policy.
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