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Power and Politics in Old Regime France, 1720-1745
By Peter R. Campbell
432 pages
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- Routledge
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- New York
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- 1996
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Synopsis
Power and Politics in Old Regime France is a major history of the politics of the first half of the reign of Louis XV. It is based on exhaustive archival research and offers a comprehensive analysis of the neglected ministries of the duc de Bourbon and the cardinal de Fleury.Peter Campbell deals first with court, policy and faction. A second section offers new interpretations of the crises provoked by the Jansenism and the Paris parlement. The methods and practices of political management in this ...
Power and Politics in Old Regime France is a major history of the politics of the first half of the reign of Louis XV. It is based on exhaustive archival research and offers a comprehensive analysis of the neglected ministries of the duc de Bourbon and the cardinal de Fleury.Peter Campbell deals first with court, policy and faction. A second section offers new interpretations of the crises provoked by the Jansenism and the Paris parlement. The methods and practices of political management in this period of successful government are contrasted with the crisis of the old regime in the 1780s. An unusually substantial bibliography represents an invaluable resource to the researcher.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page v
- Contents vii
- Illustrations x
- Acknowledgements xi
- Preface 1
- Introduction 10
- Part 1 - Politics in a Court Society 37
- 1 - The Rise to Power of Andre-Hercule de Fleury 39
- 2 - The Acquisition of a Ministerial Post 1721-3 51
- 3 - The Ministry of the Duc de Bourbon, 1723-6 69
- 4 - The Disgracing of Bourbon 93
- 5 - The Consolidation of the Ministry of Fleury 110
- 6 - The Control of Patronage and Policy 129
- 7 - The Politics of Faction 156
- 8 - Conclusion to Part 1 177
- Part 2 - Jansenism, Politics and the Parlement of Paris 191
- Title Page v
- Contents vii
- Illustrations x
- Acknowledgements xi
- Preface 1
- Introduction 10
- Part 1 - Politics in a Court Society 37
- 1 - The Rise to Power of Andre-Hercule de Fleury 39
- 2 - The Acquisition of a Ministerial Post 1721-3 51
- 3 - The Ministry of the Duc de Bourbon, 1723-6 69
- 4 - The Disgracing of Bourbon 93
- 5 - The Consolidation of the Ministry of Fleury 110
- 6 - The Control of Patronage and Policy 129
- 7 - The Politics of Faction 156
- 8 - Conclusion to Part 1 177
- Part 2 - Jansenism, Politics and the Parlement of Paris 191
- Introduction 193
- 9 - The Parti Janseniste in the 1720s and 1730s 195
- 10 - The Parlement of Paris 222
- 11 - The Crisis of 1730-2 237
- 12 - The Crisis of 1730-2 259
- 13 - Managing the Parlement 275
- 14 - Conclusion 296
- Appendix 1 319
- Appendix 2 321
- Appendix 3 326
- Notes 328
- Bibliography 378
- Index 413