The Parlement of Brittany and the Crown

In the years 1665-1675 the Parlement of Brittany repeatedly quarreled with Louis XIV and Colbert. The members of this hostile Parlement hoped to thwart Colbert's projected reform of the French judiciary in order to preserve their investments in court offices, which they had purchased or inherited. But the government triumphed in the quarrel. The crown admonished and humiliated the Parlement and finally expelled it from its seat at Rennes for alleged complicity in the local rebellion of 1675, which erupted throughout Brittany. In addition to repeated humiliation and the exile of 1675, the Breton parlementaires suffered financial losses after 1665 owing to a sharp decline in the price of their offices. We propose to describe the origin, development, and culmination of this struggle between the Rennes Parlement and the crown. Insofar as it is possible to do so, we will examine the effect of the struggle upon the financial interests which the members of the Parlement held in their offices. Before

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