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This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This is the first scholarly study of the political and

"This study calls into question the current revisionist understanding of the reign of Louis XIV and insists that, after all, absolute government had a harsh rea

This vol., while encompassing the entire reign of Louis XIV & all the parlements of the realm, has the narrow focus of investigating the impact of royal policy

Originally published in 1968, this authoritative study analyses the Parlement as a law court and examines its political role and significance. From its beginnin

Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, this work looks at how the ancien régime became ancien as well as examining cases in w