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This is the first scholarly study of the political and economic relationship between Louis XIV and the parlements of France, the Parlement of Paris and all the provincial tribunals. The author explains how the king managed to overcome the century-old opposition of the parlements to new legislation, and to impose upon them the strict political discipline for which his reign is known. The work calls into question the current revisionist understanding of the reign of Louis XIV and insists that, after all, absolute government had a harsh reality at its core. When the king died in 1715, the regent, Philippe d'Orleans, after a brief attempt to befriend the parlements through compromise, resorted to the authoritarian methods of Louis XIV and perpetuated the Sun King's political and economic legacy.

Louis XIV [King of France] --- Monarchy --- History --- Louis --- France --- Politics and government --- Kings and rulers --- Lodewijk --- le Roi-Soleil --- Louis le Grand --- de Zonnekoning --- Parlements (French courts). --- france --- history --- politics --- monarchy --- Bordeaux --- French livre --- Jean-Baptiste Colbert --- Lit de justice --- Louis XIV of France --- Paris --- Parlement --- Rennes --- LOUIS XIV, ROI DE FRANCE, 1638-1715 --- MONARCHIE --- FRANCE --- POLITIQUE --- HISTOIRE --- 17E SIECLE --- 18E SIECLE --- INSTITUTIONS --- Louis XIV. --- Parlement of Paris. --- Philippe d'Orleans. --- Sun King. --- absolute government. --- new legislation. --- parlements of France. --- provincial tribunals. --- reign. --- strict political discipline.