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Administrative System of Philip IV's Royal Authority

Type Object Region Europe Time 1285–1314

The French royal administrative system established by Philip IV (r. 1285–1314), centered on the royal council, royal secretaries, financial auditors,…

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  1. 1291–1294Palace of Paris · ParisThe royal council regularly deliberated on affairs of the kingdom, while educated royal secretaries drafted edicts and managed archives, freeing royal decision-making from reliance on oral feudal tradition.
  2. 1294–1297Kingdom of France · FranceThe king dispatched financial auditors to audit local taxes and royal domain revenues, while extending royal judicial authority to the provinces through the Parlement of Paris and local itinerant courts.
  3. 1297–1300Paris · ParisTo cope with the war against England and a fiscal crisis, Philip IV convened representatives of the clergy, nobility, and townspeople to negotiate taxation; the Estates-General became an important mechanism for the crown to mobilize the kingdom's resources.

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