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The Damiens Affair and the Unraveling of the ANCIEN REGIME, 1750-1770

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This book examines an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Louis XV of France and the trial of his assailant, Robert-Francois Damiens, revealing the beginnings of the French Revolution in the ecclesiastical controversies that dominated the Damiens affair. Originally published in 1984. 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 paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback 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.

Author(s): Dale K. Van Kley
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2014

Language: English

Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter I Damiens
Chapter II Damiens' Masters as Judges
Chapter III Damiens' Masters as Magistrates
Chapter IV Damiens' Masters as Theorists
Chapter V Damiens' Peers
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliographical Note
Index