New Monarchies

New Monarchies

1. Sources

   • Rice
     • "forces of Feudal decentralisation and monarchical centralisation were in precarious balance"
   • Green
     • King "secured a reservoir of power" (Concordat Bologna)
     • "Strengthened the crowns financial position by making royal taxation permanent"
   • Castiglione
     • "in his countenance so great a majestie" (King of France)

2. Medieval Loyalty

   • Nationally
     • Landlords/Nobility
       • Feudal system
   • Internationally
     • The Church

3. New Monarchies

   • Emergence of a centralised power
   • Previously decentralised; Monarch reliant on Nobility and allocated obligations
   • Challenge the Church and fill a power vacuum

4. Papal Schism 1378-1417

   • 2 Popes Elected - France/Italy
     • Only supposed to be one
     • Countries chose which to follow
       • Geography
       • What Monarchs could gain
   • Consequence
     • Weakened the church
       • Undermined the Office of the Pope
       • Rome lost prestige
     • Created a Power Vacuum
     • The beginnings of National Churches

5. Examples

   • Concordat Bologna 1516
     • agreement between French Monarchy and Papal
     • The King was allowed to appoint positions of power
   • Charles VIII made Royal Taxation permanent
     • Weakened nobility as monarch was not reliant on them
     • Economic Control -> Money = power
   • Henry VIII
     • Split from the Catholic Church in the 1500's

6. Weakened Nobility

   • Taxation
   • Warfare Changed
   • Military Controls
   • Administrative Controls
   • Patronage
   • Monarchs displayed as Majestic