Des lettres de cachet et des prisons d’État

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Des lettres de cachet et des prisons d’État is a political and legal critique by Mirabeau denouncing arbitrary royal imprisonment and the abuses of absolute monarchy in pre-revolutionary France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
legal critique ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
aimsTo argue for legal reforms ⓘ
denounce arbitrary royal imprisonment ⓘ
expose abuses of lettres de cachet ⓘ
author Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ⓘ
Mirabeau ⓘ
concerns human rights in the Ancien Régime ⓘ
political prisoners ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ
state violence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes abuses of absolute monarchy ⓘ
arbitrary royal imprisonment ⓘ
lack of due process ⓘ
lettres de cachet system ⓘ
secret state prisons ⓘ
genre legal literature ⓘ
political literature ⓘ
hasPerspective anti-absolutist ⓘ
pro-liberty ⓘ
historicalContext Ancien Régime in France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime

pre-revolutionary France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
critique of despotism ⓘ
mainSubject absolute monarchy ⓘ
abuse of power ⓘ
arbitrary detention ⓘ
lettres de cachet ⓘ
royal authority in France ⓘ
state prisons ⓘ
movement Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
pre-French Revolution reformist literature ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
politicalPosition critique of absolute monarchy ⓘ
defense of individual liberty ⓘ
opposition to arbitrary royal imprisonment ⓘ
relatedTo French Revolution ⓘ
history of French law ⓘ
reform of criminal justice in France ⓘ
supports judicial guarantees ⓘ
protection of civil liberties ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ

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Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau → notableWork → Des lettres de cachet et des prisons d’État ⓘ
Marguerite of Navarre → notableWork → Les Prisons ⓘ
linked to: Des lettres de cachet et des prisons d’État