The Charte and the octroi: the origins of the 'model' - Theory of the octroi: the tale of the king-patriarch - Absorbing the Revolution into the Monarchy - Different words to say 'constitution': Charte constitutionnelle, Landständische Verfassung, Statuto - The granted constitution as context of legitimacy: the monarchy comes before and is within the constitution - Interpreting the granted constitution - The fate of the monarchic constitution. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]