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Julian Swann has taught at Birkbeck College, University of London, since 1989. He is the author of Politics and the Parlement of Paris under Louis XV, 1754-1774 and Provincial power and absolute monarchy: the Estates General of Burgundy, 1661-1790 as well as many articles on the political and administrative history of early modern France. His next project is to complete a biography of Louis XV.

- Introduction
- 1: Head of the Household: Disgrace at the Courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV
- 2: Master and Servant: Ministerial Disgrace in the Reign of Louis XIV
- 3: 'Sire, in the name of God, have pity on me': The Personal Experience of Disgrace
- 4: The Golden Age of Ministerial Exile, 1715-1774
- 5: Disgrace and Judicial Politics: How, and How Not, to Punish the Parlements
- 6: Of Secrets and Supper Parties: Disgrace at the Court of Louis XV
- 7: 'The secret of knowing how to be bored': Daily Life in Disgrace
- 8: Emptying the Chamber Pot: Family and Friendship in Disgrace
- 9: 'The cry of the people is the voice of God': The Popular Politics of Disgrace
- 10: Disgrace without Dishonour
- 11: From Disgrace to Despotism: Lettres de cachet, Arbitrary Punishment, and the Campaign for a Law of Public Safety
- 12: Idol of the Nation: Ministerial Disgrace in the Reign of Louis XVI
- Conclusion
- Bibliography