absolutism factual knowledge Flashcards
What were the names of the three councils in the conciliar system of 1661?
High Council
Conseil des depeches
Conseil Royal des Finances
State three things that made the conciliar system more centralised
Louis personally attended council meetings
Councils met frequently, at least twice a week
Anne of Austria was not in them
Princes of the blood were not in them
Councils were all small and selective
State three qualities of Louis as a king that made him able to centralise power
He was devoted to his job
He was professional
He had a sense of himself being the embodiment of the state
Hard-working
Had learnt much from Mazarin - did not want another Fronde
State three reasons why Fouquet was removed from power
He had profited personally from his role as superintendant of finances
Colbert sowed seeds of suspicion in Louis XIV’s mind - Colbert was ambitious
Louis was eager to centralise government and root out corruption
Louis XIV’s jealousy
Name 3 of Colbert’s roles
Controller-General, secretary of state for royal household and navy, superintendant of royal buildings, managed the academies, supervised intendants
After the fall of Fouquet, who were the four people in the High Council?
Colbert, Le Tellier, Hugues de Leon, Louis XIV
State 1 thing Colbert did to speed up legal processes
Codified the law
state one thing that reduced the power of the parliaments
Cut judges’ wages
remained them ‘senior courts’
Abolished parlements right to remonstrance before registering an edict
what two things might an intendant investigate on
Information about local bishops and nobles and parlementaires, to find out their wealth, friends, local connections, patronage networks, loyalty to the crown in times of unrest
state one other duty intendants had
tax assessment and tax collection
checking the quality of coinage minting
