Les lettres de cachet [French]

By Frantz Funck-Brentano

"Les Lettres De Cachet" est une tude historique magistrale de Frantz Funck-Brentano consacr e l'un des instruments les plus redout s de la monarchie fran aise. travers une analyse rigoureuse, l'auteur explore la r alit de ces ordres secrets sign s par le roi, souvent associ s dans l'imaginaire collectif au despotisme et l'arbitraire de l'Ancien R gime.

S'appuyant sur une connaissance intime des archives de la Bastille, Funck-Brentano d mythifie l'usage de ces lettres en r v lant leur r le complexe au sein de la soci t fran aise. Loin d' atre uniquement des outils de tyrannie politique, elles servaient fr quemment r soudre des conflits familiaux ou pr server l'ordre public la demande des familles elles-m ames. L'ouvrage d taille les proc dures administratives, les conditions de d tention et l'impact social de cette justice extraordinaire.

En examinant les rouages de l'absolutisme, l'auteur offre une perspective nuanc e sur les tensions entre le pouvoir souverain et les libert s individuelles avant la R volution. "Les Lettres De Cachet" constitue une ressource inestimable pour comprendre l' volution du syst me judiciaire fran ais et les fondements de l'autorit royale sous les derniers Bourbons.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1025790839
• ISBN13: 9781025790831
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Tradd Street Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"