Power and politics in Old Regime France, 1720–1745

Routledge

1996

420 p.

9780415063333

Introduction: Approaches to Politics in the Ancien Regime --1. The Rise to Power of Andre-Hercule De Fleury --2. The Acquisition of a Ministerial Post, 1721-3 --3. The Ministry of the Duc De Bourbon, 1723-6 --4. The Disgracing of Bourbon --5. The Consolidation of the Ministry of Fleury --6. The Control of Patronage and Policy --7. The Politics of Faction --8. Conclusion to Part 1: The Political Culture of Court Society --9. The Parti Janseniste in the 1720s and 1730s --10. The Parlement of Paris --11. The Crisis of 1730-2: The Genesis of the Crisis --12. The Crisis of 1730-2: Resolving the Crisis --13. Managing the Parlement: 1733-43 and Beyond --14. Conclusion --App. 1. The King's ministers 1723-45 --App. 2. The identity of the Jansenist magistrates --App. 3. Chronological table of events in the Paris parlement, 1730-2.

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