Judicial Politics and Urban Revolt in Seventeenth-Century France : The Parlement of Aix, 1629-1659 /

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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 provi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kettering, Sharon, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Surrey, England : Princeton University Press, 1978.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
France. > Parlement (Aix-en-Provence)
Politics and government.
Judges.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Judges > France > Aix-en-Provence.
France > Aix-en-Provence.
France.
France > Politique et gouvernement > 17e siecle.
France > Politics and government > 17th century.
Aix-en-Provence (France) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400869787

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