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Sale of public offices condemned

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Sale of public offices condemned

de Noailles, Louis-Marie · Versailles · Viscount · Noble deputy

The August debates challenged venal offices that had treated public authority as a transferable asset. Noailles's reform initiative formed part of the drive to make civic functions depend on law rather than purchase.

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