lecture rev Flashcards
What are the two main views on the revolution
It was a social revolution caused by class of classes (necessary) It was cuased by short term flaws and miscalculations
Who were the corporate bodies
The Church
Parliaments
The corporations
Each had their own laws and rights
Why was it a paradox
The absolutist king also had to uphold the private rights and special jusrisdictions
There was a clash to reform and uphold corporate tradition
Was the was structual problem
provences had different Parlements- different laws and tax
There was only one monarch
this caused multiple fractures
How did the English solve the similar economic problems
The Bank of England
Impersonal structure of finance
Large public debt
Impersonal structure meant that the monarch wasn’t threatened
Why was the French finance system dangerous
The money of the king = money of the country
politically sensitive
what is venality
the sale of offices
prosperous individuals have the right to buy into the nobility
good short term
long term, tangled unaccountable finance
