V. A Polarized View of the French Constitution: History Debated and Ceremony Modified at Mid Century

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Preface xi
5. Abbreviations xiv
6. Introduction: Whither the Ancient French Constitution? 1
7. I. The Judicial Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Royal Seance and the "lit de justice" in the Later Middle Ages 14
8. II. The Juristic Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Ceremonial Lit de Justice Assemblies of 1527 48
9. III. Confirmation of French Hegemony in a Constitutional Forum: The Lit de Justice Assembly of 1537 86
10. IV. Fact and Fiction in Historical Research: Jean du Tillet's Reconstruction of the French Constitution 102
11. V. A Polarized View of the French Constitution: History Debated and Ceremony Modified at Mid Century 126
12. VI. The Question of Legislative Capacity: Problems of Regency Government 144
13. VII. The Royal Stance on the French Constitution: The Majority Lit de Justice Assembly of 1563 160
14. VIII. The Reversal of Parisian Parlementary Procedure: Reaction to the Majority Lit de Justice Assembly of 1563 183
15. IX. A Conservative Constitutional Course: The Royal Seance and the Lit de Justice Assembly 1569-1597 209
16. X. The Dynastic Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Inaugural Lit de Justice Assembly of 1610 231
17. XI. A Revision of Constitutional Ideology: The Coronation Entree to Reims in 1610 254
18. XII. The Articulation of Dynastic Right and Legislative Authority: Lit de Justice Assemblies 1614-1641 281
19. XIII. The Absolutist Monarchy in French Constitutional Ideology: The Royal Seance and the Lit de Justice Assembly 1643-1713 307
20. XIV. Epilogue: The Bourbon Cult of Rulership at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century 329
21. Table One: The Legend of the Lit de Justice Assembly 345
22. Table Two: The Lit de Justice Assembly in the Recueil des roys de France of Jean du Tillet (ed. 1607) 353
23. Bibliography 355
24. Index 373