Politics and the Parlement of Paris under Louis XV, 1754-1774 (Paperback)

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the Parlement of Paris; 2. Historians and the parlements; 3; The king and his judges; 4. The parti janseniste 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; Conclusion: Maupeou and beyond; Bibliography; Index.