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If the King Only Knew: Seditious Speech in the Reign of Louis XV
Lisa Jane Graham
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Hardcover. A study of the conflicting attitudes of 18th-century French subjects toward royal authority. It examines cases of seditious speech in police files, demonstrating how the premodern virtue of loyalty gave way to new ideas and vocabularies about the relationship between individuals and government. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 717.
In May 1758, a bailiff named Jean Moriceau de La Motte was arrested for carrying seditious flyers and uttering mauvais discours against Louis XV. When he was questioned at the Bastille over the next several months, La Motte was unequivocal in his loyalty to the king, but his insistence failed to convince the police and probably hurt his case more than would have a simple admission of guilt. He was sentenced to be hanged on the Place de Grève after making his amends on the steps of Nôtre Dame. His punishment seemed severe, if not unwarranted, to an increasingly literate ... Read more
In May 1758, a bailiff named Jean Moriceau de La Motte was arrested for carrying seditious flyers and uttering mauvais discours against Louis XV. When he was questioned at the Bastille over the next several months, La Motte was unequivocal in his loyalty to the king, but his insistence failed to convince the police and probably hurt his case more than would have a simple admission of guilt. He was sentenced to be hanged on the Place de Grève after making his amends on the steps of Nôtre Dame. His punishment seemed severe, if not unwarranted, to an increasingly literate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813919270
SKU
V9780813919270
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About Lisa Jane Graham
Lisa Jane Graham is Associate Professor of History at Haverford College.
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