Parlement of Paris

Lit de justice held by Louis XV of France at the Parlement of Paris in 1715

The Parlement of Paris (French: Parlement de Paris) was the oldest parlement in the Kingdom of France, formed in the 14th century. It was fixed in Paris by Philip IV of France[1] in 1302. The Parlement of Paris would hold sessions inside the medieval royal palace on the Île de la Cité, nowadays still the site of the Paris Hall of Justice.[2]

  1. ^ Cobham Brewer (1878). The Political, Social, and Literary History of France. London. p. 68.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ J. H. Shennan, "The Parliament of Paris" History Today (May 1960), 10#5 pp 342–348.

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