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Chapter 1 Waller Flashcards

1
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How old was Louis and MA when married

A 
Louis= 15 
Marie = 14
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2
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Where is MA from

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Austria

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3
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What year did Louis ascend the throne

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1774

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4
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Was Louis supposed to become king

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

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5
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Two of MAs nicknames

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Madame Déficit

L’autrichienne

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6
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Little farm example

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

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7
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How many children did MA and l have and died

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

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8
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What was a lettre de cachet

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

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9
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What 3 councils was the king present for

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

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10
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Who appointed intendants

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The king

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11
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Role of intendants

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

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12
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Restrictions of intendamts

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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

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13
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What wre Pays d’états

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

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14
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How many pays de tear

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6

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15
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How did officers who served In municipal administration and other local positions get their jobs

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

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16
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In rural areas who had a a lot of influence

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Seigneurs

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17
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WHAT were seigneurs

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Rural landowners

18
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Seigneurs had their very own

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Courts

Which they ran

19
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What is venality

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Custom of selling administrative offices

Comment practised to augment royal income

20
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By 1700s how many venal offices were there

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70,000

21
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The 70,000 venal offices comprised of

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Entire judiciary
Most of legal profession
Officers in the army

22
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Parlaments were … courts

A

Sovereign

23
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What did the parlamenta control

A

Guilds corporations markets local gov finances

Law n order

24
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How could parlamenta criticse decrees and force king to rethink

A

With a remonstrance

25
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Remonstrance could be overridden

A

Lit de justice

26
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Each parlement had 12 magistrTes who all ? Their positions

A

Bought

27
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Tensions between parlements and king as

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

28
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What did Louis do with parlements upon ascension

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Restored them to their previous status

29
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Population of France by 1780s

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27 million

30
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In the 1870s how many million engaged in some from of agriculture

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

31
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1st estate had how many members

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150,000

32
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2nd estate number of ppl

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200,000-400,000

33
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What did the clergy control

A

Education

Censorship

34
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What was the pulpit used for

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

35
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WHAT tax was church payed

A

The tithe

36
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How much was the tithe

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1/10 of income

37
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What percentage of French land did the clergy own

A

10%

38
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Clergy weren’t required to pay the

A

Taille

39
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Instead of taille what did church pay

A

Don gratuit

40
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Members of the church could be

A

Prosecuted in their own church courts

41
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WHAT couldn’t be asked of church

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Performing military service

Nor provide money for Royal troops

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