Huguenot Pedigrees


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Ordonnance de Son Eminence Monseigneur Le Cardinal De Noailles Archevesque De Paris


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Noailles' revocation of the Jesuits' privileges for preaching and hearing confessions in the Archdiocese of Paris, probably issued in response to Jesuit Louis de la Ferté's anti-Jansenist sermon preached on All Saints' Day (1 Nov.) 1716.




The Reign of Louis XIV


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Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-century France


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A bold new study of politics and power in 17th-century France, this book argues that the French Crown extended its control over the provinces and laid the foundations for a centralized state by removing patronage power from the provincial governors and putting it instead in the hands of newly-created provincial power brokers--regional notables who cooperated with the Paris ministers in exchange for their patronage.