The lit de justice of the kings of France : constitutional ideology in legend, ritual, and discourse / Sarah Hanley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanley, Sarah, 1937- author.

Series:

Etudes presentees a la Commission internationale pour l'histoire des assemblees d'Etats ; 65.

Studies presented to the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions = Etudes presentees a la Commission Internationale pour l'histoire des Assemblees d'Etats ; 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lit de justice--History.

Lit de justice.

Constitutional history--France.

Constitutional history.

Rites and ceremonies--France--History.

Rites and ceremonies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1983]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this study of the Lit de Justice assembly, Sarah Hanley draws on history, legend, ritual, and discourse to show how constitutional ideologies were propagated in the Grand-chambre of the Parlement of Paris during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.Originally published in 1983.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

List of Figures

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction: Whither the Ancient French Constitution?

I. The Judicial Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Royal Seance and the "lit de justice" in the Later Middle Ages

II. The Juristic Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Ceremonial Lit de Justice Assemblies of 1527

III. Confirmation of French Hegemony in a Constitutional Forum: The Lit de Justice Assembly of 1537

IV. Fact and Fiction in Historical Research: Jean du Tillet's Reconstruction of the French Constitution

V. A Polarized View of the French Constitution: History Debated and Ceremony Modified at Mid Century

VI. The Question of Legislative Capacity: Problems of Regency Government

VII. The Royal Stance on the French Constitution: The Majority Lit de Justice Assembly of 1563

VIII. The Reversal of Parisian Parlementary Procedure: Reaction to the Majority Lit de Justice Assembly of 1563

IX. A Conservative Constitutional Course: The Royal Seance and the Lit de Justice Assembly 1569-1597

X. The Dynastic Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Inaugural Lit de Justice Assembly of 1610

XI. A Revision of Constitutional Ideology: The Coronation Entree to Reims in 1610

XII. The Articulation of Dynastic Right and Legislative Authority: Lit de Justice Assemblies 1614-1641

XIII. The Absolutist Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Royal Seance and the Lit de Justice Assembly 1643-1713

XIV. Epilogue: The Bourbon Cult of Rulership at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century

Table One: The Legend of the Lit de Justice Assembly

Table Two: The Lit de Justice Assembly in the Recueil des roys de France of Jean du Tillet (ed. 1607)

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-4008-5536-5

OCLC:

922705998