The Damiens Affair and the Unraveling of the ANCIEN REGIME, 1750-1770 / / 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 Prince...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1984 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
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Table of 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