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This is a lively account, based on previously unused material, of the events that marked the troubled relationship among Louis XV, the clergy of France, and the Parlement of Paris in the mid-eighteenth century. The book shows how religious disputes came to divide the French elites, giving rise to a debate about the nature of the monarchy. Using the reports of spies and secret agents, the author describes the deliberations inside the Parlement. He also challenges traditional views about "absolutism" and about the "selfishness" of the parlementaires in their approach to public affairs.

This is a lively account, based on previously unused material, of the events that marked the troubled relationship among Louis XV, the clergy of France, and the Parlement of Paris in the mid-eighteenth century. The book shows how religious disputes came to divide the French elites, giving rise to a debate about the nature of the monarchy. Using the reports of spies and secret agents, the author describes the deliberations inside the Parlement. He also challenges traditional views about "absolutism" and about the "selfishness" of the parlementaires in their approach to public affairs.

Le président de Brosses, parlementaire impliqué dans les controverses politiques du milieu du règne de Louis XV, auteur des célèbres Lettres familières sur l’Italie, est aussi un savant intéressé par un grand nombre de sujets – de l’histoire romaine à l’origine des langues, en passant par la découverte du monde Austral. En 1739, au retour de son grand voyage en Italie, il entame une correspondance avec un autre érudit, un noble florentin rencontré au cours de son séjour, l’abbé marquis Antonio Niccolini. Leurs échanges épistolaires, qui dureront trente ans,...