Author: Julian Swann
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019878869X
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
On the accession of Louis XIII in 1610 following the assassination of his father, the Bourbon dynasty stood on unstable foundations. For all of Henri IV's undoubted achievements, he had left his son a realm that was still prey to the ambitions of an aristocracy that possessed independentmilitary force and was prepared to resort to violence and vendetta in order to defend its interests and honour. To establish his personal authority, Louis XIII was forced to resort to conspiracy and murder, and even then his authority was constantly challenged. Yet a little over a century later, asthe reign of Louis XIV drew to a close, such disobedience was impossible. Instead, a simple royal command expressing the sovereign's disgrace was sufficient to compel the most powerful men and women in the kingdom to submit to imprisonment or internal exile without a trial or an opportunity tojustify their conduct, abandoning their normal lives, leaving families, careers, offices, and possessions behind in obedience to their sovereign.To explain that transformation, this volume examines the development of this new "politics of disgrace", why it emerged, how it was conceptualised, the conventions that governed its use, and reactions to it, not only from the perspective of the monarch and his noble subjects, but also the greatcorporations of the realm and the wider public. Although that new model of disgrace proved remarkably successful, influencing the ideas and actions of the dominant social elites, it was nevertheless contested, and the critique of disgrace connects to the second aim of this work, which is to useshifting attitudes to the practice as a means of investigating the nature of Ancien Regime political culture and some of the dramatic and profound changes it experienced in the years separating Louis XIII's dramatic seizure of power from the French Revolution.
Exile, Imprisonment, Or Death
Author: Julian Swann
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019878869X
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
On the accession of Louis XIII in 1610 following the assassination of his father, the Bourbon dynasty stood on unstable foundations. For all of Henri IV's undoubted achievements, he had left his son a realm that was still prey to the ambitions of an aristocracy that possessed independentmilitary force and was prepared to resort to violence and vendetta in order to defend its interests and honour. To establish his personal authority, Louis XIII was forced to resort to conspiracy and murder, and even then his authority was constantly challenged. Yet a little over a century later, asthe reign of Louis XIV drew to a close, such disobedience was impossible. Instead, a simple royal command expressing the sovereign's disgrace was sufficient to compel the most powerful men and women in the kingdom to submit to imprisonment or internal exile without a trial or an opportunity tojustify their conduct, abandoning their normal lives, leaving families, careers, offices, and possessions behind in obedience to their sovereign.To explain that transformation, this volume examines the development of this new "politics of disgrace", why it emerged, how it was conceptualised, the conventions that governed its use, and reactions to it, not only from the perspective of the monarch and his noble subjects, but also the greatcorporations of the realm and the wider public. Although that new model of disgrace proved remarkably successful, influencing the ideas and actions of the dominant social elites, it was nevertheless contested, and the critique of disgrace connects to the second aim of this work, which is to useshifting attitudes to the practice as a means of investigating the nature of Ancien Regime political culture and some of the dramatic and profound changes it experienced in the years separating Louis XIII's dramatic seizure of power from the French Revolution.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019878869X
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
On the accession of Louis XIII in 1610 following the assassination of his father, the Bourbon dynasty stood on unstable foundations. For all of Henri IV's undoubted achievements, he had left his son a realm that was still prey to the ambitions of an aristocracy that possessed independentmilitary force and was prepared to resort to violence and vendetta in order to defend its interests and honour. To establish his personal authority, Louis XIII was forced to resort to conspiracy and murder, and even then his authority was constantly challenged. Yet a little over a century later, asthe reign of Louis XIV drew to a close, such disobedience was impossible. Instead, a simple royal command expressing the sovereign's disgrace was sufficient to compel the most powerful men and women in the kingdom to submit to imprisonment or internal exile without a trial or an opportunity tojustify their conduct, abandoning their normal lives, leaving families, careers, offices, and possessions behind in obedience to their sovereign.To explain that transformation, this volume examines the development of this new "politics of disgrace", why it emerged, how it was conceptualised, the conventions that governed its use, and reactions to it, not only from the perspective of the monarch and his noble subjects, but also the greatcorporations of the realm and the wider public. Although that new model of disgrace proved remarkably successful, influencing the ideas and actions of the dominant social elites, it was nevertheless contested, and the critique of disgrace connects to the second aim of this work, which is to useshifting attitudes to the practice as a means of investigating the nature of Ancien Regime political culture and some of the dramatic and profound changes it experienced in the years separating Louis XIII's dramatic seizure of power from the French Revolution.
Lettre de cachet envoyée par le Roy à Messieurs de la Cour de Parlement. Sur le détention de le personne du Marquis de la Vieuville
The Married Life of Anne of Austria, Queen of France, Mother of Louis XIV., and Don Sebastian, King of Portugal
The Married Life of Anne of Austria, Queen of France
Lettre de cachet envoyee par le roy à messieurs de la Cour de Parlement. Sur la detention de la personne du marquis de la Vieuuille
Author: France. Sovereign (1610-1643 : Louis XIII)
Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
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Lettre de cachet envoyée par le roi à MM. de la cour de parlement, sur la détention de la personne du marquis de La Vieuville. (13 août.).
Calendar of Manuscripts in Paris Archives and Libraries Relating to the History of the Mississippi Valley to 1803
Author: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Archaeology
Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Lettre de cachet envoyée par le roi à MM. de la cour de parlement, sur la détention du marquis de La Vieuville
Guide to Materials for American History in the Libraries and Archives of Paris
Author: Waldo Gifford Leland
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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The French Regime in Wisconsin ... 1634-1760
Author: Reuben Gold Thwaites
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Category : French
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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