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The Damiens affair and the unraveling of the ancien regime, 1750-1770 / Dale K. Van Kley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Kley, Dale K., 1941- author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library ; 506
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774--Assassination attempt, 1757.
- Louis.
- Damiens, Robert François, 1715-1757.
- Damiens, Robert François.
- Jansenists--France--History--18th century.
- Jansenists.
- France--History--Louis XV, 1715-1774.
- France.
- France--Church history--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Louis XV of France and the trial of his assailant, Robert-Francois Damiens, revealing the beginnings of the French Revolution in the ecclesiastical controversies that dominated the Damiens affair.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Part I. The Damiens Affair
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Damiens
- Chapter 2. Damiens' Masters as Judges
- Part II. The Unraveling of the Ancien Régime
- Chapter 3. Damiens' Masters as Magistrates: The Refusal of Sacraments Controversy and the Political Crisis of 1756-1757
- Chapter 4. Damiens' Masters as Theorists: Constitutional Thought from 1750 to 1770
- Chapter 5. Damiens' Peers
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliographical Note
- Index
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-691-64066-1
- 0-691-61276-5
- 1-4008-5728-7
- OCLC:
- 889252040
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