French and English goverment

Both the French and the English government were very complex during the 17th century.

The French government ‘had considerable power, which increased’ (course guide pg18) over

time. France was a country that was combined by numerous cultures. The relationship

between the crown and it’s ‘more powerful institutional subjects’ (Blk2 pg73) was a pattern of

overstated demands that were made by the royals.

In some of the French provinces the Governments were known as ‘Pays d’ etat’ these had

control over the taxation in their province and were mainly concerned with local interest.

People saw their privileges as an obstacle that could affect the central government.

‘Marillac’ wanted to introduce the system of elections which existed in the rest of France

in to the provinces but the only way this could be done was if the province raised enough

money to compensate the crown. There were some regions were no estates existed,

known a...