HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Missus Dominicus, Demesne, Reining
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Reports of abuses made their way back to paris, and louis then took appropriate action. His reign did not contribute in any direct way to the development of representative institutions; in his reign there was no such thing, even the nobles had at best an advisory role at court. But louis" emphasis on the legal rights of every citizen certainly helped to pave the way for parliamentary developments under philip iv the fair (1285 1314). The caseload by louis" time demanded a fixed site where appellants could turn for timely justice. Louis" two greatest adventures were his leadership of the sixth and seventh crusades . He spent four years intricately planning his first campaign, even going to the trouble of building a vast new port at aigues-mortes in the south of france as an embarkation point for his army of twenty thousand.