Parlement of Paris (French: Parlement de Paris) was the oldest parlement in the Kingdom of France, formed in the 14th century. It was fixed in Paris by...

the original and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris. Though both the modern French term parlement (for the legislature) and the English...

France for the next eight years. Philippe saw the trap. The Parlement of Paris, an assembly of French nobles among whom Philippe had many friends, was the...

the Parlement of Paris was refusing to ratify Charles Alexandre de Calonne's program of badly needed financial reform, due to the special interests of its...

culmination of several years of slowly liberalising edicts which had begun with the 1560 Edict of Amboise. After two months the Paris Parlement would be...

of the parlements – courts of appeal rather than legislative bodies like the English parliaments – and especially the right of the Parlement of Paris...

bringing the Reign of Terror to a close. Lit de justice at the Parlement of Paris on 12 September 1715 Lit de justice of the Parlement of Paris, attended by...

[li də ʒystis], "bed of justice") was a particular formal session of the Parlement of Paris, under the presidency of the King of France, for the compulsory...

18 May Queen Anne had her husband's will annulled by the Parlement de Paris, a judicial body of nobles and high clergymen, and she became sole regent. She...

noblesse de robe, the eldest son of René Charles de Maupeou (1688–1775), who was president of the parlement of Paris from 1743 to 1757. In 1744 he married...

Peace of Westphalia (1646–1648). A major uprising against Anne of Austria and Mazarin, called the Fronde and led by the nobles of the Parlement of Paris, broke...

engaged in one of the last judicial duels permitted by the Parlement of Paris after he was accused of rape by Marguerite de Carrouges, the wife of his neighbour...

edicts; each province had its own parlement, but the Parlement of Paris was the most significant of all.) The Parlement of Paris refused to accept Brienne's...

The Estates General were distinct from the parlements (the most powerful of which was the Parlement of Paris), which started as appellate courts but later...

(1790–1848) Rue de Buci named after Simon de Buci, President of the Parlement of Paris, who had purchased the Gate Saint-Germain (now demolished) in...

surrounding the case, the court venue shifted to the Parlement of Paris. The first hearing in Paris of the Pivardière case was on 10 May 1698. The biggest...

declared his intention to live in Paris. Since the old royal palace on the Île-de-la-Cité was occupied by the Parlement of Paris, he announced that he would...

minority of Louis XV. In 1770, Louis XV and René de Maupeou again curtailed the power of the parlements, except for the Parlement of Paris, the one that...

The Parlement of Rennes or Parlement of Brittany (Parlement de Bretagne, Breujoù Breizh) was one of the parlements, a court of justice under the French...

the Parlement of Paris. It was first created in 1420, but definitely established by edicts in 1437 and 1443 by Charles VII as an appellate court of justice...

France to be confirmed by the Parlement of Paris before they could be carried out. With one exception, the Parlement of Paris stopped confirming death sentenced...

The Parlement of Rouen (French: Parlement de Rouen), also known as the Parlement of Normandy (French: Parlement de Normandie) after the place where it...

Parlement of Paris, Rohan was found innocent of any wrongdoing and allowed to leave the Bastille. Marie Antoinette, who had insisted on the arrest of...

the Parlement and the Assembly of Notables. Realizing that the Parlement of Paris would never agree to reform, Calonne handpicked an Assembly of Notables...

medieval France for fighting in one of the last judicial duels permitted by the French king and the Parlement of Paris (the actual last duel occurred in...

politician of the Revolutionary period and procureur at the parlement of Paris. Born in Rouy-le-Petit (Somme), he was from early on an advocate of revolutionary...

The French Parliament (French: Parlement français) is the bicameral legislature of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the Senate (Sénat) and the National...

JSTOR 3165566. S2CID 162701996. Soman, Alfred (July 1978). "The Parlement of Paris and the Great Witch Hunt (1565-1640)". Sixteenth Century Journal....

moment of seeming victory, the envy of the Duke of Mayenne was aroused, and he blocked the proposed election of a king. The Parlement of Paris also upheld...

XIV, King of France and Navarre. It was allegedly said on 13 April 1655 before the Parlement of Paris. It is supposed to recall the primacy of the royal...