Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: the Parlement of Paris
- 2 Historians and the parlements
- 3 The king and his judges
- 4 The parti janséniste and the refusal of the sacraments crisis, 1754–1756
- 5 Managing the parlements: crisis and compromise, 1756–1758
- 6 The Parlement and fiscal politics, 1756–1763
- 7 Choiseul and the politics of appeasement, 1758–1763
- 8 An unhappy peace, 1763
- 9 Defending La Chalotais: the Brittany affair, 1764–1766
- 10 In the eye of the storm, 1767–1770
- 11 The fall of the Parlement of Paris, 1770–1771
- 12 Conclusion: Maupeou and beyond
- Bibliography
- Index
List of abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: the Parlement of Paris
- 2 Historians and the parlements
- 3 The king and his judges
- 4 The parti janséniste and the refusal of the sacraments crisis, 1754–1756
- 5 Managing the parlements: crisis and compromise, 1756–1758
- 6 The Parlement and fiscal politics, 1756–1763
- 7 Choiseul and the politics of appeasement, 1758–1763
- 8 An unhappy peace, 1763
- 9 Defending La Chalotais: the Brittany affair, 1764–1766
- 10 In the eye of the storm, 1767–1770
- 11 The fall of the Parlement of Paris, 1770–1771
- 12 Conclusion: Maupeou and beyond
- Bibliography
- Index
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