Journal article
Ideas on royal power in the French Wars of Religion: the influence of René Choppin’s De Domanio Franciae (1574)
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René Choppin (1537–1606) was one of the most cited French lawyers of the sixteenth century, and yet his contribution to intellectual history has gone curiously unexamined. This article considers the reception of his most important work, De Domanio Franciae (1574), in the political thought of the 1570s and early 1580s. It shows that Choppin was particularly influential in two key areas: the question of the inalienability of the French domain, and the role of the Paris parlement in guarding the laws of the country. It also assesses the question of his membership of the Holy League and thereby seeks to establish and clarify the complex nature of the position of Choppin’s works within the broader context of conceptions of royal power in this era.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- French History More from this journal
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 141-160
- Publication date:
- 2020-05-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-01-01
- DOI:
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1477-4542
- ISSN:
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0269-1191
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1241207
- Local pid:
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pubs:1241207
- Deposit date:
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2023-03-27
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- Copyright holder:
- Sophie Nicholls
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for the Study of French History. All rights reserved.
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This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Oxford University Press at https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/craa022
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