Sale of Offices by the King: Repercussions on Monarchic State
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Cardin Le Bret, venality of offices, monarchic state, royal justice, patrimonialization, absolute monarchy, public function, corruption, justice, Louis XII, Charles Loyseau, Guy Coquille
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Cardin Le Bret's commentary on the venality of offices and its impact on the monarchic state in 17th century France.
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The venality of offices: an pecuniary interest become state property
A monarchic state indebted: the interest of the sale of offices
The progressive patrimonialization of offices: a necessity of the State
The venality of offices: unequal malversations escaping the king
An administration marked by alterity: the birth of an opposition
The venality of society: a marked decline of royal justice
The venality of offices: an pecuniary interest become state property
A monarchic state indebted: the interest of the sale of offices
The progressive patrimonialization of offices: a necessity of the State
The venality of offices: unequal malversations escaping the king
An administration marked by alterity: the birth of an opposition
The venality of society: a marked decline of royal justice
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[...] Works, Book II, On the Sale of Offices - Cardin Le Bret (1689) - How does the author explain the sale of offices by the king and what repercussions will this venal practice have on the monarchic state? Commentary on Text: Cardin le Bret, ?uvres, Book II, Chapter On the Sale of Offices Edition « If a sovereign seems to fully embody the atonal, neutral, and insipid character of mediocrity, it is Louis XII (1498-1515). His most recent biographers have all pointed this out, as if to exculpate themselves for having chosen a subject of such unappealing appearance. [...]
[...] Thus, how can we explain the sale of offices by the king and what repercussions this venal practice will have on the monarchic State? The venality of offices: a pecuniary interest become state property A. An indebted monarchic State: the interest of the sale of offices It is from the 16th century that the royal State, ruined by wars, begins to lack money and can no longer contract debts. From then on, and in a rather ingenious way, the king will decide to cede the offices to fill the liquidity shortage suffered by the kingdom. [...]
[...] An administration marked by alterity: the birth of an opposition The policy pursued by the king will give rise to numerous contestations within the monarchic state. In fact, the inequalities that deepen, the lack of justice within the kingdom, and finally the pecuniary policy of office cession will revive the flames of contestation that will organize and begin to have weight within society. B. The venality of society: a marked decline of royal justice The main concern of judges and litigants at this time being the delivery of 'fair' justice, the venality of offices was strongly contested. [...]
[...] In fact, it was the offices that allowed the corruption of magistrates to be favored. From then on, justice became unequal according to the moral of the judge and the financial means of the parties. To illustrate this, the author mentions a case involving two parties with very distant incomes, there is a real dilemma for the judge, money or justice. Avezou Laurent, 'Louis XII. Father of the people: grandeur and decline of a political myth, from the 16th to the 19th century', Revue historique, 2003/1 (n° 625), p. [...]
