Judicial Politics and Urban Revolt in Seventeenth-Century France: The Parlement of Aix, 1629-1659

by Sharon Kettering

Book Overview

Most historical scholarship concerned with the Fronde has investigated the Parlement of Paris. By focusing on the different experience of high court judges in Aix-en-Provence, Sharon Kettering illuminates the causes of resistance to royal authority and offers a new understanding of the role of provincial officials in seventeenth-century revolts.

The author shows that political tensions and alignments within the court and provincial capital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691609349
• ISBN13: 9780691609348
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"