Economic developments 1498-1610

Question 1

Debt in 1498

Answer 1

1.4m Livres

Question 2

Debt in 1515

Answer 2

1.4m Livres

Question 3

Debt in 1547

Answer 3

12m Livres

Question 4

Debt in 1559

Answer 4

40m Livres

Question 5

Debt in 1574

Answer 5

~150m Livres

Question 6

Debt in 1589

Answer 6

~300m Livres

Question 7

Key examples of Economic centralisation 1498-1559

4

Answer 7

8 gens de finance, Epargne and Commission de la Tour Carree, Superintendent de Finance.

Question 8

Dates of severe famines (4)

Answer 8

1538-9, 1562-3, 1573-4, 1593

Question 9

Debt in 1610

Answer 9

15m livres SURPLUS

Half the debt paid/renegotiated, half written off.

Question 10

Periods of Europe-wide economic recovery (2)

Answer 10

Reign of Louis XII, Reign of Henry IV