Judicial Politics and Urban Revolt in Seventeenth-Century France. The Parlement of Aix, 1629-1659. - KETTERING, SHARON
the Parlement of Aix, 1629-1659
KORTE INHOUD
Most historical scholarship concerned with the Fronde has investigated the Parlement of Paris. By focusing on the different experience of high court judges in Aix-en-Provence, Sharon Kettering illuminates the causes of resistance to royal authority and offers a new understanding of the role of provincial officials in seventeenth-century revolts. The author shows that political tensions and alignments within the court and provincial capital were as important in causing the revolts at Aix as the judges' relationship with the crown. Describing the liaisons and personalities that gave impetus to resistance, she traces the emergence of an opposition party within the Parlement of Aix after the first revolt in 1630. This party remained sporadically active until its dispersal by the crown in 1659, and it provided the leadership for the serious parlementary Fronde at Aix in January, 1649. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previ...
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1978Uitgever: Princeton University Press370 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0691052670ISBN-13: 9780691052670Koop dit boek tweedehands
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(XI) 370 p. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth with dustjacket (Spine-ends of the dustjacket slightly worn, otherwise in good condition.) Princeton, University Press 1978 [Auteur: KETTERING, SHARON] [Jaar: 1978] [Titel: Judicial Politics and Urban Revolt in Seventeenth-Century France. The Parlement of Aix, 1629-1659]
