![]() | The Damiens Affair and the Unraveling of the ANCIEN REGIME, 1750-1770 Subjects: Louis XV King of France 1710-1774 -- Assassination attempt 1757; Damiens Robert François 1715-1757; France -- History -- Louis XV 1715-1774; France -- Church history -- 18th century; Jansenists -- France -- History -- 18th century; Jesuits -- France; This book examines an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Louis XV of France and the trial of his assailant, Robert-Francois Damiens, revealing the beginnings of the French Revolution in the ecclesiastical controversies that dominated the Damiens affair. |
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