Charles V, “the Wise”,
1364-1380
- spent his time during a period of
peace to strengthen the country - the basic structure that he set up lasted until the French
Revolution in 1789 - got the French parliament (“estates”) to agree that as long as the old taxes
weren’t changed, they didn’t need to be renewed by the estates, with the result that the
French parliament never developed much power over the king
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