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Parliaments As Regional Power Brokers
- Provincial parliaments registered royal decrees and could delay or refuse registration, checking royal power.
- These bodies combined judicial and political functions and varied wildly by province.
The Sleeping King
- Louis XVI once fell asleep during a lit de justice, highlighting the farcical side of royal attempts to force laws.
- The story shows how tradition and ceremony shaped political resistance.
Parliamentary Restoration Fractured Administration
- Restored parliaments after Louis XIV's death reasserted power and tied the state in bureaucratic conflict.
- That tug-of-war fragmented administration and degraded governance quality nationwide.