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Parlement of Paris

French institution from the Old Regime

14 dated entries naming Parlement of Paris, drawn from 13 separate years between 1488 CE and 1774 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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15th century

  • 1488January 20 – In the Kingdom of France, Louis II, Duke of Orleans and François II, Duke of Brittany, are both declared rebels by the Parlement of Paris.source

16th century

  • 1532The Paris Parlement has the city's beggars arrested "to force them to work in the sewers, chained together in pairs".source
  • 1535January 13 – A statute of the Parlement of Paris is enacted forbidding all printing under threat of hanging and closing all bookshops, although it is quickly abandoned.source
  • 1593June 28 – Lemaistre, president of the Parlement of Paris, decides that the Salic law and the Catholic rule of the kings of France under the fundamental laws of the kingdom are to be judged equally.source

17th century

  • 1624September 4 – The Parlement of Paris registers a decree forbidding the publication of criticism of "anciently approved authors" without prior approval from the Faculty of Theology of the University of Paris, on pain of death.source
  • 16314 September – Richelieu is granted the dignity of duc et pair. The following day, he is received by the Parlement of Paris.source
  • 1633November 23 – Decision of the Conseil du Roi (confirmed by the Parlement of Paris on 5 July 1634), to construct a new section of the city walls of Paris.source
  • 1634September 5 – The Parlement of Paris declares the second marriage of Gaston, Duke of Orléans, with Marguerite of Lorraine, to be invalid; it condemns Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine for felony and kidnapping of Gaston and reunites the Duchy of Bar with the kingdom.source

18th century

  • 1715The ancient right to evaluate royal decrees publicly, before they are given the force of law by the Parlement of Paris, is restored.source
  • 1732December 5 – 139 members of the Parlement of Paris, exiled by order of King Louis XV, secure their recall.source
  • 1748Louis XV breaks his promise to eliminate the income tax, after the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the war. The Parlement of Paris protests, so he reduces the tax to 5%.source
  • 1748Louis XV authorizes a 5% income tax on every individual regardless of social status; the Parlement of Paris protests.source
  • 1761August 6 – The Parlement of Paris votes to close all colleges, associations and seminaries associated with the Jesuit Order, following a long campaign by Louis-Adrien Le Paige.source
  • 1774February 6 – The Parlement of Paris votes a sentence of civil degradation, depriving Pierre Beaumarchais of all rights and duties of citizenship.source

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