1302 Establishments - French States-General, Catalan Company, Cesenatico, Mor G, Beijing Temple of Confucius (Paperback)

Chapters: French States-General, Catalan Company, Cesenatico, Mor g, Beijing Temple of Confucius. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: In France under the Ancient Regime, the States-General or Estates-General (French: , IPA: ), was a legislative assembly (see The Estates) of the different classes (or estates) of French subjects. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king. It had no true power in its own rightunlike the English parliament it was not required to approve royal taxation or legislation, being too unwieldy and obstinate for this purpose; instead it functioned more to distribute royal propaganda. It is comparable to similar institutions across Europe, such as the States-General of the Netherlands, the Parliament of England, the Estates of Parliament of Scotland, the Cortes of Spain, the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire, and the Diets (German: ) of the historic states of Germany. In 1302, expanding French royal power led to a general assembly consisting of the chief lords, both lay and ecclesiastical, and the representatives of the principal privileged towns, which were like distinct lordships. Certain precedents paved the way for this institution: representatives of principal towns had several times been convoked by the king, and under Philip III there had been assemblies of nobles and ecclesiastics in which the two orders deliberated separately. It was the dispute between Philip the Fair and Pope Boniface VIII which led to the States-General of 1302; the king of France desired that, in addition to the Great Officers of the Crown of France, he receive the counsel from the three estates in this serious crisis. The letters summoning the assembly of 1302 are published by M. Georges Picot...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=208202