In this study of the Lit de Justice assembly, Sarah Hanley draws on history, legend, ritual, and discourse to show how constitutional ideologies were propagated in the Grand-chambre of the Parlement of Paris during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Figures, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xiv*Introduction: Whither the Ancient French Constitution?, pg. 1*I. The Judicial Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Royal Seance and the "lit de justice" in the Later Middle Ages, pg. 14*II. The Juristic Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Ceremonial Lit de Justice Assemblies of 1527, pg. 48*III. Confirmation of French Hegemony in a Constitutional Forum: The Lit de Justice Assembly of 1537, pg. 86*IV. Fact and Fiction in Historical Research: Jean du Tillet's Reconstruction of the French Constitution, pg. 102*V. A Polarized View of the French Constitution: History Debated and Ceremony Modified at Mid Century, pg. 126*VI. The Question of Legislative Capacity: Problems of Regency Government, pg. 144*VII. The Royal Stance on the French Constitution: The Majority Lit de Justice Assembly of 1563, pg. 160*VIII. The Reversal of Parisian Parlementary Procedure: Reaction to the Majority Lit de Justice Assembly of 1563, pg. 183*IX. A Conservative Constitutional Course: The Royal Seance and the Lit de Justice Assembly 1569-1597, pg. 209*X. The Dynastic Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Inaugural Lit de Justice Assembly of 1610, pg. 231*XI. A Revision of Constitutional Ideology: The Coronation Entree to Reims in 1610, pg. 254*XII. The Articulation of Dynastic Right and Legislative Authority: Lit de Justice Assemblies 1614-1641, pg. 281*XIII. The Absolutist Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Royal Seance and the Lit de Justice Assembly 1643-1713, pg. 307*XIV. Epilogue: The Bourbon Cult of Rulership at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century, pg. 329*Table One: The Legend of the Lit de Justice Assembly, pg. 345*Table Two: The Lit de Justice Assembly in the Recueil des roys de France of Jean du Tillet (ed. 1607), pg. 353*Bibliography, pg. 355*Index, pg. 373
