Western Civilization I / Unit 14 WC1 1310 short lesson, about 20 seconds
France: Charles VII's Army, the Taille, and Louis XI the Spider
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The idea
Charles VII, fourteen twenty-two to sixty-one, raised the first professional royal army, paid by the taille, from which nobles were largely exempt, and the gabelle. Louis XI, fourteen sixty-one to eighty-three, the Spider, made both permanent and mastered nobles and towns.
In practice
The anchor's fourteen thirty-one for Louis is wrong.
Where people slip
The anchor credits Louis with Philip IV's acts against Jews and Templars.
Your place on the trail
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