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The Cabinet Noir is the most interesting part of this show. This mail reading, code breaking part of the regime was part of their effort to deal with the fact that public opinion was just very difficult to discern.
Tocqueville's analysis of the causes of Revolution suggests that the easing of oppression is a major cause of the Revolution. We use this intro to begin our examination of the ancien regime. The personnel policy of the kings seems to change once Louis XIV hits middle age. Colbert is dead and he is the last of the great ministers.
Our look at the regime includes what data they had available, including the Cabinet Noir, what theories they used to try to make sense of their world.
We also look at the more democratic elements of the regime, from village assemblies to the provincial Estates.
And we are back to humiliating peasants as Harald explains some of the workings of the legal system.
