Family Disorder: Secret Codex from the Archives of the Eighteenth-century Bastille

About This Novel

This book mainly consists of secret letters written by Paris citizens before the French Revolution in the 18th century to the king and his agents requesting the secret imprisonment of their families. These secret letters are roughly classified according to themes, focusing on the unhappy relationship between husband and wife, parent-child relationship, etc., And tell the story of trivial and embarrassing family scandals. These secret letters were presented to those in authority in an attempt to bypass formal judicial procedures, secretly imprison family members, and correct their bad habits. Through this secret incarceration, the family's reputation will not be tarnished and the petitioner's compliance with and support for state authority will be demonstrated. However, under this informal procedure, the abuse of the Secret Code system is inevitable. People write letters arbitrarily for selfish desires or private anger. The king's agents, the police, have the final authority to interpret the Secret Code and its subsequent imprisonment system. They will also demonstrate their administrative power by agreeing, rejecting, or changing the imprisonment request. For various reasons, the secret order system disappeared in the late eighteenth century. By displaying a large number of secret documents from the Paris police in the eighteenth century, this book reminds readers to think about the chaos and disorder caused by the intervention of public power into the private sphere.

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