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- Title
Peace Ceremonies and Respect for Authority: The Res Publica, 1648–1660.
- Authors
Gantet, Claire
- Abstract
The treaties of Westphalia, concluded on 24 October 1648, attracted little attention from the French government. On the other hand, the Treaty of the Pyrenees which, on 7 November 1659, ended the Franco-Spanish conflict and sealed the marriage of the young Louis XIV with Maria-Theresa of Austria, was celebrated with great pomp. The contrasting reception of these two treaties cannot be explained solely by reference to the content of the peace accords, nor by the uniquely troubled context of the King's minority up until 1651, accompanied by the Fronde which lasted from 1648 to 1653. It should instead be attributed to a development of political tradition. After the Fronde, when arguments in favour of peace seemed only to crystallize the ordinariness of authority, there succeeded a period when ceremony returned to the forefront, precipitating reflexion on the nature of temporal sovereignty and its emotive power. The analysis of texts dispatched and drafted for the peace celebrations allows us to detect the psychic elements on which the absolutist government sought to establish respect and awe where its authority was concerned.
- Subjects
FRANCE; PEACE of Westphalia (1648); PEACE treaties; SOVEREIGNTY; FRONDE; FRENCH politics &; government, 1643-1715
- Publication
French History, 2004, Vol 18, Issue 3, p275
- ISSN
0269-1191
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/fh/18.3.275