Parlement of Paris deprived of rights

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.04: French Writing and Culture: Eighteenth-Century and the Enlightenment, 1700-1800.
Vol. editors: Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Jenny Mander (University of Cambridge), Síofra Pierse (University College Dublin), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Domains

Changes of government, elections and reigns

Dates

Date of occurrence 1788-05

Places

France (Location)

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Louis deprives the Parlement of Paris of its right to issue remonstrances and edicts. This desperate attempt to silence one of the few bodies that had the legal right to question royal edicts, turned the

noblesse de robe

against him at a time when he needed all the support he could find.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Parlement of Paris deprived of rights". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 December 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4227, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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