Jacques Necker (and public opinion) [ Politics / Publicity ]
… l’opinion publique involved a certain form of political sociability. Philosophers, government administrators, and men of letters would explicitly appeal to the public in their works, depicting it as an enlightened judge or rational sphere of … XVI, 65; Harris, Reform Statesman , 236). The King’s brothers, the Comte de Provence and d’Artois, meanwhile, leaked a letter written by Necker to the King in which he denigrated both the noble magistrates and provincial intendants who …
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