Francis I

Question 1

Accession of Francis I

Answer 1

1515

Question 2

Battle of Marignano

Answer 2

1515

Francis I defeats the swiss

Question 3

Capture of Milan

Answer 3

1515

It’s not held for long (it’s lost in 1521)

Question 4

Concordat of Bolgna with Pope Leo X

Answer 4

1516

Gives King the power to nominate people to fill empty bishoprics (can now be officially used as a form of patronage).

Question 5

Rebellion by the Duke of Bourbon

Answer 5

1523

Question 6

Creation of the Epargne

Answer 6

1523

Combines the royal treasury and taxation, continues trend of financial centralisation

Question 7

Affair of the Placards

Answer 7

October 1534
Anti-catholic placards attacking the Catholic faith and the idea of transubstantiation.

Effects:
Protestantism seen as the religion of rebels
Increase in persecution of heratics

Question 8

Debt on Francis’s accession

Answer 8

1.4m Livres

Question 9

Debt on Francis’s death

Answer 9

12m Livres

Question 10

Francis I reigned from..

Answer 10

1515-1547

Question 11

Battle of Pavia

Answer 11

1525

Francis loses and is taken captive

Question 12

Revolt of La Rochelle

Answer 12

1543

Pardoned by Francis I (he’s away fighting)

Question 13

Revolt of Lagny

Answer 13

1544

Soldiers sack town as punishment

Question 14

Closure of the Rouen Parlement

Answer 14

1540