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Parlement of Paris

French institution from the Old Regime

7 dated entries naming Parlement of Paris, drawn from 7 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

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

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
  • 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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