Flaunting, Extravagant Queen by Jean Plaidy

Author:Jean Plaidy [Plaidy, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Historical
ISBN: 9781446411988
Publisher: Arrow Books
Published: 1956-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

Fleury was in a panic; he had to raise money somehow. He floated more loans.

It was clear that Necker’s Compte Rendu had been a very optimistic document; and it seemed to the King that only fresh loans could tide the country over disaster.

But it was not so easy to raise money as it had been previously. More taxes had to be levied.

This sent up a groan from the people; and the Parlement declared itself against the levying of more taxes.

So much money, declared members, had been wasted in the past, and the country was in no mood to pay more taxes merely to support the extravagance of certain people. Little jobs with big salaries had been created for some. A great deal of money had been spent on certain houses. This was a direct shaft for the Queen.

The Parlement then declared that if these taxes were imposed there must be an Estates-General, a gathering together of a representative assembly of the entire country – which had only been done in the history of France in cases of dire emergency. Fleury decided to try to raise money by other means. He wondered whether it would be possible to create new offices at Court, for which ambitious men would be willing to pay vast sums.

He knew though that the Parlement was setting itself against the monarchy.

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