HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bourgeoisie, Slut, Tennis Court Oath
Document Summary
Eve of july 14 1789 the storming of the bastille took place. Despotism power to one supreme ruler (tyranny) Power received through god divine law absolutism. King still had to follow countries rule and customs (i. e. hereditary rule) Versailles was built by louis xiii as a hunting lodge and as time continued the other kings added to it. Louis xiv built a noble"s accommodations to keep an eye on these nobility and to make them busy with competing against each other to gain accommodations at versailles. 10% of france"s gdp went to run versailles. Weakness of the monarchy in terms of revenue. As poor population increased monarch"s could provided less. Law courts and parliament began to challenge the monarch and elites. France needed to collect more revenue, but the monarch lacked the efficiency to collect them. Tax collection was a corrupt process and people could get steal money and evade taxes.
