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Capetian Dynasty
- a. Capetian Dynasty had little power
- i. Controlled only land around Paris (Ile-de France)
- ii. Kings were formally the overlords of the great lords of France
- 1. Dukes had real power
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Philip II
- i. Important turning point
- ii. Perceived that French monarch power wouldn’t be extended until Plantagenet’s power defeated because Henry II and sons were both kings of England and rulers of French territories
- 1. Waged war against King John of Englandà gained control of Normandy, Maine, Anjou, and Touraine
- a. Through this, he quadrupled the income of the French monarchy and enlarged ts power
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Philip II Justice and Deathqq
- i. To administer justice and collect royal revenues, he appointed new royal officials, creating a French royal bureaucracy
- ii. Deathà
- 1. Capetian rulers still adding land to royal domain
- 2. Instead of using military fofrce like Philip, they used both purchase and marriage to get same end
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Louis IX
- i. Religious and canonized
- ii. Attempted to bring justice to people and ensure rights
- 1. Sent out royal agents to check on activities of royal officials after hearing complaints of pwer abuse
- iii. Involved in two crusadesà died in North Africa
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Philip IV the Fair and Estates-General
- i. Strengthened French monarchy
- ii. Household staff of affairs divided and enlargedinto three major branches
- 1. Council for adice
- 2. Chamber of accounts for finances
- 3. Parlement, or royal court
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How Did Philip IV bring French Parliament aboiut?
- 1. After struggle with pope, he summoned representatives of the church, nobility, and towns to meet in 1302, inaugurating the Estates-General (first French parliament)
- a. Instrument to bolster king’s power because he could ask representatives of major French social classes to change laws or grant new taxes
- i. End of 13th c.--> France was largest, wealthies, and best-governed monarchical state in Europe
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