The Damiens Affair and the Unraveling of the ANCIEN REGIME, 1750-1770 /
This book examines an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Louis XV of France and the trial of his assailant, Robert-Francois Damiens, revealing the beginnings of the French Revolution in the ecclesiastical controversies that dominated the Damiens affair.Originally published in 1984.The Prince...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Course Book |
| Series: | Princeton legacy library ;
506 |
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