Transcripts of 'la table gnrale des dits, dclerations du Roy, lettres d'officiers &c. registres au Parlement de Dijon'

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Scope and Content

Transcripts, 18th century, of 'la table gnrale des dits, dclerations du Roy, lettres d'officiers &c. registres au Parlement de Dijon', 1456-1661, 1676-1771.

Administrative / Biographical History

The parliament of Dijon was created by Louis XI, it had judicial and political jurisdiction. One of the parliament's most significant political powers was the ability to refuse to record royal decisions; this power was lost during the reign of Louis XIV, but regained in 1715 following the king's death.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Given to the Library by the executors of Eleanor F. Jourdain in 1924.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 47196-7.