The Parliament of Bordeaux

The parliament of bordeaux was the political and judicial hub of a fairly prosperous port city that had long enjoyed a great deal of autonomy. In july 17 87, they issued a remonstrance back to the king, saying that they refused to register the edict establishing the new provincial assemblies until the jurisdiction and scope of those assemblies was clearly laid out. They were stiff enough in their resistance that when the paris parliament was exiled in august 17 87, the bordeaux parliament was given the boot too. Those tax privileges were a social calling card that they were not prepared to give up.