Louis XV and the Parlement of Paris, 1737-55

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An account of the relationship between Louis XV, the clergy of France, and the Parlement of Paris in the mid-eighteenth century.

Louis XV and the Parlement of Paris, 1737-1755

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New light is shed on the part played by Louis XV himself in exacerbating the disputes or in resolving the crisis by means of the "Law of Silence" of 1754.

The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon

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There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to hi

The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789

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A brilliant account of the coming of the French Revolution, and the culminating work of this most distinguished historian. When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bas

The Cult of the Nation in France

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Using eighteenth-century France as a case study, David Bell offers an important new argument about the origins of nationalism. Before the eighteenth century, th