Louis Xii 1498-1515

Question 0

Church reform under d’amboise

Answer 0

Focused on reg clergy, visitations of monasteries and religious houses. Abbeys given inspections/reforms relating to moral conduct/spiritual practice. Smaller monasteries under control larger ones=guidance.

Question 1

French religion

Answer 1

Under banner of catholicism

Question 2

D’amboise reforms limited

Answer 2

King relied on reformers (amboise) but individual prelates could only achieve so much. Clerical opposition to reform =fierce

Question 3

Marriage to anne of brittany

Answer 3

1499. Served Political function= french absorption of brit. Allied louis to powerful noble famo

Question 4

Ordinance of blois

Answer 4

1499 lessen corruption in judicial system.

Question 5

Ordinance of lyons

Answer 5

1510 repeated ordinance of blois

Question 6

Barne & baillet

Answer 6

2parlementaries write customs of n framce

Question 7

Reorganised grand/kings council

Answer 7

1498 permanent legal experts. Parlement relations strained as felt undermined by new status. To placate the parliamentaries he allowed them to sit in whenever

Question 8

Finances

Answer 8

Inherited Deficit of 1.4mil livre & passed same to FI

Question 9

Taille

Answer 9

Reduced levels. 1500 only 2.3mil compared to 3.9mil under louis XI

Question 10

Gens de finance

Answer 10

Appointed 8 royal officials over see collection of revenue /taxcollection/ increased royal influence in localities

Question 11

Financial reforms for collection of taxation

Answer 11

1504 and 1508

Question 12

Charles of ghent match repudiated

Answer 12

1506 Claude betrothed to francis to prevent loss of brittany.

Question 13

Assembly of notables called

Answer 13

1506. Claude&f match good for kingdom= used as justification repudiating treaty of blois which promised c to cog

Question 14

Nation state

Answer 14

Incorp of brittany. Territorial acquisitions -development if ns. Customary laws codified under barne & baillet. Judicial uniformity

Question 15

Relations w king& subject

Answer 15

Extended auth of crown over provinces-centralised power of crown. Reduction of taille father of ppl -welfare if subs. Parlements professionalised. Assemb of notes demonstrates importance of nobility in legitimising decisions

Question 16

Religious developments

Answer 16

Under catholicism. Unfulfilled programme of church reform under d’amboise= failings within late medieval church

Question 17

Socio economic

Answer 17

Relative stability/prosperity. Taille lowered but indirect tax/venality increased. Economic recovery after hundred years war 1337/1453. Pop levels increase after black death but plenty of land. 3rd estate relatively content and prosoerous