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René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou [1] (French:; 25 February 1714 – 29 July 1792) was a French lawyer, politician, and chancellor of France, whose attempts at reform signalled the failure of enlightened despotism in France.
René-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin de Maupeou 1, né le 25 février 1714 à Montpellier et mort le 29 juillet 1792 au Thuit 2, est un magistrat et homme d'État français. Chancelier de 1768 à 1790, garde des sceaux de 1768 à 1774, il est célèbre pour sa réforme de la justice et des parlements en 1771.
Jul 25, 2024 · René-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin de Maupeou was the chancellor of France who succeeded in temporarily (1771–74) depriving the Parlements (high courts of justice) of the political powers that had enabled them to block the reforms proposed by the ministers of King Louis XV.
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René Nicolas de Maupeou (rənā´ nēkôlä´ də mōpōō´), 1714–92, chancellor of France (1768–74). He was president of the parlement of Paris before he succeeded his father as chancellor.
Biographie de RENÉ NICOLAS CHARLES AUGUSTIN DE MAUPEOU (1714-1792). Le magistrat René de Maupeou (1688-1775), premier président du parlement de Paris en 1743, est mêlé aux affrontements entre Louis XV et le parlement (1754-1756) ; éclipsé par Lamoignon, rappelé en 1763, chancelier de...
of the parlements effected by Chancellor Rene-Nicolas de Maupeou in 1771 was wise, timely, and potentially beneficial. Mr. Doyle is lecturer in history at the University of York.
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The so-called "Maupeou Revolution" of 1770-4 is one of those Janus-faced events that have always fascinated historians: the greatest political upheaval in France since the Fronde, it also foreshadowed the much greater revolution to come. For three years, Louis XV and his chancellor, Rene-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin de Maupeou,