Louis XV and the Parlement of Paris, 1737-55 (Paperback)

List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Preface; A note on names; 1. The background: the Parlement and the King; 2. Issues and intrigues, 1741?1747; 3. Prelude to crisis: the vingtieme and the affair of the hopital general, 1748?1751; 4. Denial of sacraments: the conflict of 1752; 5. A decision for the King; 6. The crisis of 1753; 7. The transfer of the Parlement to Pontoise and the exile of the enquetes and requetes, 1753; 8. The exile of the grand'chambre and the return of the Parlement, 1753?1754; Conclusion: the 'law of silence', 2 September 1754; Appendix A. Note on the Comte d'Argenson's informants; Appendix B. Two letters of Louis XV on the crisis of 1753.