Chapter 1 Waller

Question 1

How old was Louis and MA when married

Answer 1

Louis= 15 
Marie = 14

Question 2

Where is MA from

Answer 2

Austria

Question 3

What year did Louis ascend the throne

Answer 3

1774

Question 4

Was Louis supposed to become king

Answer 4

No
It shld have been his older brother
His father never got to rule either Bcos he died

Question 5

Two of MAs nicknames

Answer 5

Madame Déficit

L’autrichienne

Question 6

Little farm example

Answer 6

She had a petit Hameau built in 1782-83 so she could play farmer

Question 7

How many children did MA and l have and died

Answer 7

4
2 died pre rev naturally
1 died inprisoned
The other survived

Question 8

What was a lettre de cachet

Answer 8

A letter bearing the royal seal or cachet by which the king could order imprisonment without trial

Question 9

What 3 councils was the king present for

Answer 9

The conseil d’Etat
Conseil des Dépêches
Conseil Royal des finances

Question 10

Who appointed intendants

Answer 10

The king

Question 11

Role of intendants

Answer 11

Feed back info
Ensured taxes were paid
Raised troops
Request lettres de cachet

Question 12

Restrictions of intendamts

Answer 12

If they wanted to act they needed to obtain an order from the King’s council
Couldn’t rely on central gov to back them up
Some roles overlapped with other officials / were challenged by long established institutions

Question 13

What wre Pays d’états

Answer 13

Had privilege of negotiating taxation directly with the crown and paying lump sum to king

Question 14

How many pays de tear

Answer 14

6

Question 15

How did officers who served In municipal administration and other local positions get their jobs

Answer 15

They bought their positions under the system of venality and were fiercely defensive of their rights

Question 16

In rural areas who had a a lot of influence

Answer 16

Seigneurs

Question 17

WHAT were seigneurs

Answer 17

Rural landowners

Question 18

Seigneurs had their very own

Answer 18

Courts

Which they ran

Question 19

What is venality

Answer 19

Custom of selling administrative offices

Comment practised to augment royal income

Question 20

By 1700s how many venal offices were there

Answer 20

70,000

Question 21

The 70,000 venal offices comprised of

Answer 21

Entire judiciary
Most of legal profession
Officers in the army

Question 22

Parlaments were … courts

Answer 22

Sovereign

Question 23

What did the parlamenta control

Answer 23

Guilds corporations markets local gov finances

Law n order

Question 24

How could parlamenta criticse decrees and force king to rethink

Answer 24

With a remonstrance

Question 25

Remonstrance could be overridden

Answer 25

Lit de justice

Question 26

Each parlement had 12 magistrTes who all ? Their positions

Answer 26

Bought

Question 27

Tensions between parlements and king as

Answer 27

I'm 18th c Paris parl had blocked series of Royal reforms and Louis XV tried to abolish parlements altogether

Question 28

What did Louis do with parlements upon ascension

Answer 28

Restored them to their previous status

Question 29

Population of France by 1780s

Answer 29

27 million

Question 30

In the 1870s how many million engaged in some from of agriculture

Answer 30

21 million out of 27 million engaged in some form of agriculture

Question 31

1st estate had how many members

Answer 31

150,000

Question 32

2nd estate number of ppl

Answer 32

200,000-400,000

Question 33

What did the clergy control

Answer 33

Education | Censorship

Question 34

What was the pulpit used for

Answer 34

Conveying messages and news of new laws / decrees to the people

Question 35

WHAT tax was church payed

Answer 35

The tithe

Question 36

How much was the tithe

Answer 36

1/10 of income

Question 37

What percentage of French land did the clergy own

Answer 37

10%

Question 38

Clergy weren't required to pay the

Answer 38

Taille

Question 39

Instead of taille what did church pay

Answer 39

Don gratuit

Question 40

Members of the church could be

Answer 40

Prosecuted in their own church courts

Question 41

WHAT couldn't be asked of church

Answer 41

Performing military service | Nor provide money for Royal troops