Description: Dale K. Van Kley. THE DAMIENS AFFAIR AND THE UNRAVELING OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIME, 1750-1770. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1984. 8¾″ x 5¾″, 373-page Fine hardcover in Near Fine dust jacket with slight wear and age tanning to spine & edges. Otherwise the book is spotless and appears unread. Tasteful UNSIGNED Antioch bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Dust jacket is conserved in a clear, acid-free, archival quality protector. This scholarly yet reader-friendly book examines an unsuccessful assassination attempt against King Louis XV of France and the trial of his assailant, Robert-François Damiens. It reveals the roots of the French Revolution in the ecclesiastical controversies that dominated the Damiens affair. Dale Van Kley, a master historian, demonstrates that conflicts between the church, parlement and monarchy weakened the Old Regime and desacralized the monarchy much earlier than commonly supposed. He also adroitly addresses –- and resolves –- questions about whether the would-be assassin had acted with accomplices and who the suspects might have been.
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Author: Dale K. Van Kley
Topic: French History
Binding: Hardcover
