parlements

These commissions were called parlements and the history of the "Dit d'Amiens" proves that entire Christendom willingly looked upon him as an international judiciary.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Tocqueville argued not that the bureaucracy was a model egalitarian institution in itself but rather that it was an instrument used by absolute monarchy to destroy "intermediary bodies" such as parlements, guilds, corporations, municipalities, estates, and nobles with regional influence.

Tocqueville's Heart Goldhammer, Arthur 2004

Six "parlements," consisting only of nobles, have previously been convened by the king's treasurer, and as often have been dismissed by the king, because they were not willing to tax themselves more, to increase the revenues of the king.

The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Robert Elliott Flickinger

The people of some provinces in southwestern France during the early seventeenth century still maintained parliamentary bodies that preserved traditional legislative powers of self-government, long after the parlements of northern France had become administrative and judicial bodies.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

One of the most able and outspoken of them was the viceroy of New France, Henri II, duc de Montmorency, who placed the law above the king and sometimes put regional parlements above the monarchical state.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

One of the most able and outspoken of them was the viceroy of New France, Henri II, duc de Montmorency, who placed the law above the king and sometimes put regional parlements above the monarchical state.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The people of some provinces in southwestern France during the early seventeenth century still maintained parliamentary bodies that preserved traditional legislative powers of self-government, long after the parlements of northern France had become administrative and judicial bodies.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Authority was divided among kings and nobles, regional parlements and estates, autonomous towns and cities, chartered companies and religious institutions.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Authority was divided among kings and nobles, regional parlements and estates, autonomous towns and cities, chartered companies and religious institutions.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

He was a strong defender of the traditional rights of the parlements and provinces.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008