Le domaine de Port-Royal: Histoire documentaire 1669-1710

Louis XIV persecuted Port-Royal for Jansenism when he came to power in 1661, but when the Jansenist controversy ballooned to the point that French bishops threatened to break from Rome (much like English bishops had done in 1534), Louis XIV backed down and brokered a peace agreement. The nuns'...

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Published inSeventeenth-century news Vol. 80; no. 3/4; pp. 158 - 162
Main Author Kostroun, Daniella
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published College Station Seventeenth-Century News 01.10.2022
Subjects
17th century
Houses
Jurisdiction
Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715)
Religion
Wealth
France
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Summary:Louis XIV persecuted Port-Royal for Jansenism when he came to power in 1661, but when the Jansenist controversy ballooned to the point that French bishops threatened to break from Rome (much like English bishops had done in 1534), Louis XIV backed down and brokered a peace agreement. The nuns' lawyers challenged the accuracy of the property division using estimated costs of repairs to buildings and equipment, estimated agricultural yields, numbers of servants in residence, expected rental income, costs of bringing goods to market, and rising tax rates. Because wealth was calculated through rents and other fluctuating expenses and incomes, the lawyers found ample room to contest the stated value of property in the assessmenets. The Paris house, in contrast, whose wealth was based on forty years of urban real estate development, was much less complicated.