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Francis I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| French population doubled | 1450-1560 |
| 25% of Kingdom acquired in the last 50 years | 1500 |
| Francis born | 1494 |
| Francis' reign | January 1515 - March 1547 |
| Married Eleanor of Portugal | 1530 |
| Grand Conseil took over judicial business from the King's Council | 1497 |
| 1 royal administrator for every 60km2 | 1515 |
| 1 royal administrator for every 45km2 | 1547 |
| 4000 government offices and posts | 1515 |
| 46,000 government offices and posts | 1665 |
| The Constable of Bourbon denied command of the vanguard | 1521 |
| The Constable's wife died, causing arguments over her lands. | April 1522 |
| The Parlement ordered the seizure of the Bourbon estates without legal justification | August 1523 |
| Bourbon failed to invade Provence, serving the Emperor | 1524 |
| Bourbon killed. | 1527 Sack of Rome |
| Taille raised 2.4m livres | 1524 |
| Taille raised 4.6m livres | 1544 |
| Italy campaign cost 1.8m livres | 1515 |
| French debt equaled annual income | 1517 |
| Financial crisis due to expensive war with Charles V | 1521-23 |
| Francis told by his chief financial minister (Jacques de Beaune) that his funds would only last another month | September 1522 |
| Jacques de Beaune hung because Francis owed him 2m livres. Francis spun the story the other way round | 1527 |
| Tresor de l'Epargne established | 1523 |
| Ordinance of Rouen tightened financial control | 1523 |
| 16 Recettes Generales established | 1542 |
| Solde des 50,000 hommes tax introduced | 1543 |
| Rebellion against the Gabelle tax reforms in West France, rebels pardoned and edict revoked | 1542 |
| Rebellion over increased Gabelle tax in Lagny-sur-Marne. Town sacked | 1544 |
| Owed almost 7m livres to Lyon bankers | At the time of his death |
| Francis to nominate French bishops in return for the Pope levying a papal tax in France | 1516 Concordat of Bologna |
| Parlement didn't agree to the Concordat of Bologna until... | March 1518 |
| Jacques Lefevre joined the household of the Bishop de Meaux | 1516 |
| The Sorbonne viewed Lefevre and the Bishop of Meaux as heretics | 1521 |
| Francis invited Erasmus to France | 1517 |
| Francis ordered parlement to check all printers and booksellers for Luther's publications | June 1521 |
| Francis ordered anyone who owned Luther's works to hand them in within a week or face a fine and prison | August 1521 |
| Francis captured by Charles, France ruled by Louise of Savoy | 1525 Battle of Pavia |
| Francis abolished the Jugues Delegues | 1527 |
| First iconoclastic attacks in Paris - attacks on Catholic symbols, relics and statues | 1528 |
| Louis de Berquin arrested for possession of Luther's books | 1523 |
| The Sorbonne overruled Francis and executed Berquin | 1528 |
| Affair of the Placards | October 1534 |
| All printing banned until further notice | January 1535 |
| Catholic procession organised by Francis in Paris | January 1535 |
| Active period of persecution of heretics | October 1534 - July 1535 |
| Francis gave the Parlement of Paris control of heresy cases | 1540 Edict of Fontainebleau |
| Ecclesiastical authorities given more power to search and arrest | 1543 |
| Index of Forbidden Books issued by the Sorbonne | 1543 |
| Meeting between Francis and Henry VIII in Calais as a display of wealth | 1520 Field of the Cloth of Gold |
| Invited Da Vinci to France, buying 3 of his works including the Mona Lisa | 1516 |
| Established the Lecteurs royaux - 4 royal lectureships in Greek and Hebrew, forming the basis for the Collège de France | 1530 |
| Introduced a law requiring all printers and bookshops to deliver a copy of every new book to the royal librarian at Blois | 1537 Ordinance of Montpellier |
| Invaded Milan using a local pass through the Alps | August 1515 |
| Crushed the Swiss and retook Milan | September 1515: Battle of Marignano |
| Lost Milan to Charles who was backed by Henry VIII and the Pope | 1521 |
| Francis retook Milan | October 1524 |
| Francis captured by Charles at a heavy defeat for the French | February: 1525 Battle of Pavia |
| Francis forced to sign the Treaty of Madrid | 1526 |
| Joined a league with the Italian States, the Papacy and others who opposed Habsburg domination | May 1526: The Holy League of Cognac |
| Francis defeated once again in Italy | 1529 Battle of Landriano |
| Peace treaty between Francis and Charles which mirrored the Treaty of Madrid but released Francis' children | 1529 Peace of Cambrai |
| Francis was free from war with Charles so had the opportunity ti rebuild the treasury | 1530-34 |
| Francis allied with the Schmalkaldic League and Phillip of Hesse | 1534 |
| Francis' son Henry married Pope Clement VII's niece, Catherine de Medici | 1533 |
| Sforza, the Duke of Milan, died, increasing tensions with Charles | November 1535 |
| Treaty of Nice | 1538 |
| Charles invested his son Philip as Duke of Milan, starting the conflict again with Francis | 1540 |
| Francis allied with Barbarossa | 1543 |
| Peace of Crepy signed between Francis and Charles | September 1544 |
| Treaty of Arares between Francis and Henry VIII | 1546 |
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