The Damiens Affair and the Unraveling of the ANCIEN REGIME, 1750-1770 / / Dale K. Van Kley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Van Kley, Dale K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 506
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400857289; 9783110413441; 9783110413663; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400857289
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dale K. Van Kley.

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.