Excerpt from Political Philosophy
Traditions respecting Pharamond - The four Barbaric Laws - Salic, Ripuary, Burgundian, Visigoth - Clovis - Foundation of the Monarchy - First or Merovingian race - Rois faineans - Mayors of the Palace - Origin of the Office - Their usurpation - Similar usurpations in Asia - In Spain - Crown united with the Office by Pepin - Second or Carlovingian race - National Assemblies - District courts - Rachimburghers or Ahrimans - Succession to the Crown - Appointment of Bishops - Councils - Charlemagne - His administration - His Institutions - Echevins or Scabini - Missi Dominici - National assemblies - Aristocracy restrained - Crown's great Power - All Functionaries appointed by it - Clerical power restrained - Origin of Tithes in France and England - Conduct of the Clergy - Origin and effects of Monastic orders - Military establishment - Character of Charlemagne - Appendix: Tables of the Three Races.
The French Monarchy - (Continued.)
Partition of Charlemagne's empire - Louis le Debonnaire - Association of Sons in the Monarchy - Encroachments of Baronial power - Of Clerical power - Of Papal authority - Power of the Crown destroyed - Usurpation of Hugh Capet - Third race - Change in the Laws - Compilation of the Laws - History of local and general Laws - History of the Parliament of Paris - Sale of Offices - Opinions of Montesquieu and Bentham - Tenure of Offices - Functions of the Parliament - Its struggles - Louis XIV. - The Regent Orleans - Law and Dubois - Louis XV. - Beds of Justice - Provincial Parliaments - Influence of the Parliament or legal Aristocracy, compared with that of the States-General - Origin of the States - Feudal Revenues - Taxation - Taille - States, general and particular - History of the States-General - Last meeting under Louis XIII. - Interval - Meeting under Louis XVI. - Revolution - Constitution of the States-General.
The French Monarchy - (Concluded.)
Rise of the Towns - Louis VI.'s Charters - Louis VII. - Extension of Dominion - Real foundation of the Monarchy - Union of the Great Fiefs - Its operation upon the Constitution - Different circumstances of England and France - Jurisdiction of the Barons supplanted - Character of St. Louis - Evils of Enthusiasm - Baronial Right of private War abolished; of Taxing; of Coinage; Exemption from Taxes - Power of the Crown to Tax - Its interference with the Coin - Its alliance with the Aristocracy - Standing Armies - Charles VII. and Louis XI. - Foreign Mercenaries - Louis XII. - Charles IX. - Persecutions - Louis XIII. and XIV. - Absolute Power - Its influence on the National Character - Lettres de Cachet - Nobility - their Privileges, ancient and modern; Sold; Forced; Suspended; Forfeited - Division of Fiefs - Jurisdiction of Lords - Feudal Privileges and Exactions - Justice: haute; moyenne; basse - Epices - Vacations - Solicitation of Judges - Droits; honorifiques; utiles - Retrait: feodal; censuel; lignager; conventionel - Lods et Ventes - Quint; requint - Remere - Droit de franc fief - Columbier - Corvees - Financial system - Generalites - Intendans - Pays d'election and Pays d'etats - Financial oppression - Privileged classes - General character of the Government - Note on Works upon the French Monarchy.
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