Power and politics in Old Regime France, 1720-1745 / Peter R. Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Peter Robert, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774.

Louis.

Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743.

Fleury, André Hercule de.

France. Parlement (Paris)--History--18th century.

France.

Jansenists--France--History--18th century.

Jansenists.

France--Politics and government--1715-1774.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This provides a sophisticated interpretation of high politics in the Age Louis XV . It will be stimulating reading for not only historians of ancien regime France, but all students of political life in pre-nineteenth century Europe.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: APPROACHES TO POLITICS IN THE ANCIENT REGIME; THE RISE TO POWER OF ANDRE-HERCULE DE FLEURY; THE ACQUISITION OF A MINISTERIAL POST, 1721 3; THE MINISTRY OF THE DUG DE BOURBON, 1723 6; THE DISGRACING OF BOURBON; THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE MINISTRY OF FLEURY; THE CONTROL OF PATRONAGE AND POLICY; THE POLITICS OF FACTION; CONCLUSION TO PART 1: THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF COURT SOCIETY; INTRODUCTION; THE PARTI JANSNISTE IN THE 1720's AND 1730's; THE PARLEMENT OF PARIS

THE CRISIS OF 1730 2: THE GENESIS OF THE CRISIS THE CRISIS OF 1730 2: RESOLVING THE CRISIS; MANAGING THE PARLEMENT: 1733 43 AND BEYOND; CONCLUSION; The King's ministers 1723 45; The identity of the Jansenist magistrates; Chronological table of events in the Paris parlement, 1730 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-412) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-92354-6

1-134-92355-4

1-280-06968-6

0-585-46476-6

9786610069682

0-203-41369-5

9780203413692

OCLC:

560372006