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Mind Map by oscar.edell, updated more than 1 year ago
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'The strength of the monarchy in
France depended on the character of
the king' 1498 - 1610
- Financial Strength
- Weak
- Less prone to lavish spending
of Rennaissance Monarchs
- Financial woes stem from low Royal Authority
- Inability to contain Catholic Nobles
leads to more, expensive war
- 1577 Estates General 'Cahier de
Doleances' leads to 6th W.o.R
- 1585 Treaty of Nemours forces 8th W.o.R
- 1577 Estates General 'Cahier de
Doleances' leads to 6th W.o.R
- Huguenot Midi, Leaguer nobles, Royal Governors, Army
commanders all misappropriating royal revenue
- Petition to the King 1579
- Petition to the King 1579
- Inability to contain Catholic Nobles
leads to more, expensive war
- Less prone to lavish spending
of Rennaissance Monarchs
- Pragmatic
- Financially prudent
- Louis XII
- No increase in debt: 2.4 mil
- 'Gens de Finances'
to tackle corruption
- No increase in debt: 2.4 mil
- Henry IV
- Tight control of Royal Expenditure
and that of Marie de Medici
- -300 mil 1598 : +15 mil 1610
- 'Paulette' 1604
- 'Chambres de justice'
- Tight control of Royal Expenditure
and that of Marie de Medici
- Louis XII
- Lessen burden on 3rd Estate
- LXII
- Reduces taille to 2.3 mil from
3.9 mil in reign on LXI
- Increases indirect
- Reduces taille to 2.3 mil from
3.9 mil in reign on LXI
- H IV
- Taille reduced 18 mil to 15.8 mil
- Increased empahsis on indirect taxation -
gabelle extended to 5/6 areas.
- Taille reduced 18 mil to 15.8 mil
- LXII
- Financially prudent
- Assertive
- Prone to reckless spending
- Cost of court 1.5 mil ecus/3 mil livres 1546
- Cost of Italian war 1521-1525: 20mil livres
- 'Revolution in Military Affairs'
- 'Revolution in Military Affairs'
- Cost of court 1.5 mil ecus/3 mil livres 1546
- Amass high levels of Debt
- Debt roughly = regular
annual income by 1517
- 1559 Royal Debt = 43 million
- Debt roughly = regular
annual income by 1517
- Prone to reckless spending
- Weak
- Support of the Nobility
- Assertive Kings
- Francis I & Henry II
- Strong personal loyalty despite
challenging provincial privileges
- Rouen 1540
- Albi 1538
- Taillon 1549
- Gabelle Bordeaux 1548
- Rouen 1540
- 1 noble rebellion: Bourbon 1523
- Seized inheritance of Seigneur de
Boisy 1519, Seigneur de Bouchy 1523
- Seized inheritance of Seigneur de
Boisy 1519, Seigneur de Bouchy 1523
- Emergence of Protestantism
yet no Catholic League
- Strong personal loyalty despite
challenging provincial privileges
- Francis I & Henry II
- Weak Kings
- Vulnerable to
political faction
- Conspiracy of Amboise 1560
- Conspiracy of Amboise 1560
- Nobility will undermine
- Treaty of Joinville 1584
- Ordinances of Blois 1579
- Treaty of Joinville 1584
- Vulnerable to
political faction
- Pragmatic Kings
- Henry IV
- 30 mill on bribes
- Abolishes Pay's d'Etat
in Guyenne
- Biron 1601, Bouillon 1602
- Not serious - both funded
and encouraged by Spanish
- 1000 nobles profess loyalty on way to Sedan
- 1000 nobles profess loyalty on way to Sedan
- Not serious - both funded
and encouraged by Spanish
- liquidises internal debts
- 30 mill on bribes
- Louis XII
- Consulsts nobility on marriage
of daughter Claude, 1501
- Parlementaires
in Grand Conseil
- Consulsts nobility on marriage
of daughter Claude, 1501
- Henry IV
- Assertive Kings
- Support of the 3rd Estate
- Religious Policy
- Day of the Barricades 1588 -
weakest point for the monarchy
- Support given to whoever champions
violent repression of Prots i.e. Guise
- Charles IX's gains aproval in Paris when believed to have
sanctioned the St Bartholomew's Day massacre 1572
- Charles IX's gains aproval in Paris when believed to have
sanctioned the St Bartholomew's Day massacre 1572
- Support given to whoever champions
violent repression of Prots i.e. Guise
- SNFK, Coronation vows
- Day of the Barricades 1588 -
weakest point for the monarchy
- Economic Policy
- Assertive/Pragmatic Kings still recieved stiff resistance to
unpopular economic policies
- La Rochelle 1542 - Gabelle
- Lagny Sur Mac 1544 - Gabelle
- Bordeaux 1548 - Gabelle
- Grande Rebeyne 1529 -
Lyons grain prices
- Poitiers and Angiers 1601, Limoges 1602
- Pancarte
- La Rochelle 1542 - Gabelle
- Assertive/Pragmatic Kings still recieved stiff resistance to
unpopular economic policies
- Religious Policy
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