The presence of things like lettres du cachet and the Bastille give the impression that pre revolutionary France was an authoritarian society that oppressed personal liberty and freedom. To what extent was this true?
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Lettres du Cachet(Letters of the sign) was the letter that authorized someone's imprisonment. It was only signed by the king, the secretary of the state. This showed that the authority of imprisoning someone lied only with the king and secretary of state, the nobel. No constitutional system was followed.
The Bastille was the state prison of the king, where prisoners of different backgrounds were captured. Most of these were political prisoners who the king thought posed threat to him.
Hence, it can be evaluated that pre-revolutionary france was an authoritarian society that oppressed personal liberty and freedom. People were obligated to follow the rules set by the king and his court.
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