The bed of justice of King Charles VII (Parliament of Paris) in 1450.
The box of justice ( French le lit de justice ) is a solemn meeting of the French (Paris) parliament of the old order , in the presence of the king and peers , obliging the parliament to enter all royal decrees in its register and depriving them of the possibility of protest.
The name came from the fact that a canopy (canopy) hung over the royal throne in the corner of the hall, which made the throne look like a bed.
See also
- Chancellor of France
Literature
- Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels - Archive of Marx and Engels: v. 14 - Institute of Marx-Engels-Lenin; 1973
- Bernard Barbiche, Les Institutions de la monarchie française à l'époque moderne, Paris, PUF, 1999 ( ISBN 2130519407 ).
- Ralph E. Giesey, Cérémonial et puissance souveraine: France, XVe - XVIIIe siècles, Armand Colin et EHESS, coll. "Cahier des Annales" (no 41), 1987 (ISSN 075-1487).
- Sarah Hanley, Les Lits de justice des Rois de France: L'idéologie constitutionnelle dans la légende, le rituel et le discours, Aubier, 1991 ( ISBN 2700722299 ).
- Lit-de-justice // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.