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:''For the champion racehorse, see'' Lit de Justice. In France under the Ancien Régime, the lit de justice ((:li də ʒystis), ''bed of justice'') was a particular formal session of the Parlement of Paris, under the presidency of the king, for the compulsory registration of the royal edicts. It was named thus because the king would sit on a throne, under a baldachin.〔Jean Rey, ''Histoire du drapeau, des couleurs et des insignes de la monarchie française'', Vol. 2, Paris 1837, p.40〕 In the Middle Ages, not every appearance of the King of France in ''parlement'' occasioned a formal ''lit de justice''. It was the custom of Philip IV and his three sons, of Charles V, of Charles VI, and of Louis XII to attend sessions of various ''parlements'' regularly. ==Description== A ''lit de justice'' in Paris was normally held in the ''Grand Chambre du Parlement'' of the royal palace on the Île de la Cité, which remains the ''Palais de Justice'' even today. The king, fresh from his devotions in Sainte-Chapelle, would enter, accompanied by his chancellor, the ''princes du sang'', dukes and peers, cardinals and marshals, and take his place upon the cushions on a dais under a canopy of estate (the ''lit'') in a corner of the chamber. The records of a ''lit de justice'' of Charles V, May 21, 1375, gives an impression of the panoply of personages: the Dauphin, the duc d'Anjou brother of the King, the Patriarch of Alexandria, 4 archbishops, 7 bishops, 6 abbots, the rector and several members of the University of Paris, the Chancellor of France, 4 princes of the blood, several comtes and seigneurs, the Provost of Merchants and the ''echevins'' of the city of Paris, "several other wise and notable folk and a great crowd of people".〔(''Encyclopédie'' )〕 Five cushions formed the ''lit'': the king sat on one, another formed a back, two more supported his arms and a cushion lay under his feet. Peers and prelates were ranged on benches at his right and left. Before the king, a large space was kept empty, that the king might discuss matters privately. To preserve order, it was forbidden for anyone to leave his seat or approach the ''lit'' without being called. The king needed only speak a few preliminary words, followed by the formula ''mon chancelier vous dira le reste'' ("my chancellor will tell you the rest"), whereupon the chancellor seated at his feet would read aloud the rest of the royal declaration, such as the declaration of a regency or of a king's majority, or declarations of war or peace. The ''lit de justice'' equally served to cow recalcitrant ''parlements'', imposing the sovereignty of the king. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lit de justice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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