August Decrees

Question 1

What did the August Decrees do to tithes and fees?

Answer 1

Abolished all of them

Question 2

What did the August Decrees say about loans and harvest shares?

Answer 2

Could be bought (purchased) back from seigneurial lords

Question 3

What did the August Decrees say about justice?

Answer 3

No more venality, justice would now be free.

Question 4

What did the August Decrees do about the Church?

Answer 4

No more payments to priests

Question 5

What did the August Decrees do about tax?

Answer 5

All citizens would now pay the same taxes on everything

Question 5

What did the August Decrees do about tax?

Answer 5

All citizens would now pay the same taxes on everything

Question 6

What did the August Decrees do about offices and positions?

Answer 6

All citizens were now eligible for all ecclesiastical, civilian, and military positions

Question 7

What did the August Decrees do about feudal dues related to service?

Answer 7

Abolished without compensation to landlords

Question 8

What did the August Decrees do about most feudal dues?

Answer 8

Redeemable by payment of compensation to landlords

Question 9

What did the August Decrees do about seigneurial courts?

Answer 9

All abolished without compensation