Western Civilization II / Unit 7 WC2 0605 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Louis XVI, the Notables, and the Estates General Revived
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The idea
An Assembly of Notables refused new revenue, so Louis revived the Estates General, last met in sixteen fourteen: the first formal negotiation with subjects in the history of French absolutism, three estates bargaining over taxes. No living person had experience of it.
In practice
Absolutism ended when the king had to ask.
Where people slip
Revived for money, like unit 02's Long Parliament.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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