The ordinance Great Ordinance of 1357

the text of ordinance consisted of 61 articles. less rigorous of december 1355, sketched out controlled monarchy , vast plan of administrative reorganization. specified purging commission of twenty-eight representatives, of twelve bourgeois, put in charge of discharging faulty officials (particularly collectors of particularly unpopular taxes). guilty officials condemned , wills confiscated. dauphin renounced impositions not voted on states-general , accepted creation of 36-strong counsel of guardianship started put in place reforming measures. 6 representatives of states-general entered king s counsel, became counsel of guardianship, oversee royal administration closely: finances , particularly monetary changes , extraordinary subsidies checked states-general. ordinance foresaw fixed currency, no tax exemption nobility, abolition of lords right of requisition, , taking of forage , horses sheltered pillaging. in exchange these measures cities furnish 1 soldier every hundred homes. 5 days after ordinance promulgated, royal counselors @ moment exiled, members of parlement , of chamber of accounts had posts renewed, officers of justice , of finances discharged, , court of appeal created.

robert le coq, bishop of laon. 14th century grandes chroniques de france.

however, full execution of ordinance blocked. purging committee set functioned 5 months. tax collectors named states-general met hostility peasants , poor craftsmen. 6 representatives on guardianship counsel in minority , states-general lacked political experience keep permanent check on dauphin’s strength, took advice , rediscovered officials support. frequent displacements, costly , dangerous in era, discouraged provinces representatives, , states became less , less representative. little little, parisian middle class came sit in assemblies. @ last, king, john good, keeping reputation , signing 2 year truce prosecutors of prince of wales, disavowed dauphin and, prison @ bordeaux, on 6 april 1357 banned reforming ordinance being applied. Étienne marcel , robert le coq protested dauphin who, feeling confident in support provinces (the provinces not following parisian population s course of action), in month of august forbade marcel , adherents taking part in government , announced rule alone. le coq withdrew diocese; marcel remained @ paris, , took advantage of dauphin s departure (who had left call states-general outside capital) organize resistance. on planned oppose reigning branch of valois family, part of royal, , found in person of king of navarre, charles bad, claiming french throne. coup de main arranged marcel enabled king of navarre escape castle of ailleux held, , dauphin returning paris without money, had once again convene states-general 7 november; under pressure heads of people, granted brother-in-law 1 safe conduct , authorization return paris. on 13 january 1358, states-general reassembled, no nobles , few churchmen attended. representatives departed without having been able come agreement on how find subsidies. following 23 january, dauphin prescribed order authorizing states-general devalue currency. Étienne marcel, noting failure of attempts control monarchy legislation, proclaimed attempt control force. not put in cause necessity have sovereign one, must compose 1 leave him more of strength. did question necessity of sovereign, had composed check power. oscillated between supposed weakness of dauphin , avarice of charles bad.