So, as of late, I've been contemplating an interesting French scenario...
WI the Will of King Louis XIV had not been annulled by the Parlement of Paris?
More specifically, how can we get this to happen, and what would be the primary effects of this? Obviously Orléans would have been unable to dominate the Regency Council set up by the document, and both Maine and Toulouse (and most likely by extension, Madame de Maintenon) would have been able to play key rôles in the regency.
I wonder if the Parlement of Paris and the noblesse d'épée would have also been far more subjugated, as they were in the reign of King Louis XIV?
I'm interested in starting a discussion on this, and hearing ideas and opinions from everyone...