Political Science

The Lit de Justice of the Kings of France: Constitutional Ideology in Legend, Ritual, and Discourse

Hardcover

Price:
$172.00/£146.00
ISBN:
Published:
Apr 19, 2016
1983
Pages:
404
Size:
6 x 9 in.
Main_subject:
Political Science
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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.

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