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1.04 Post Necker, Pre Chaos

French Revolution & Napoleon (Grey History)

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The Nobility of the Sword and the Nob of the Robe - A Reactionary Party

The rural gentry decided it was time to enforce long forgotten feudal rights. They increased the corve and feudal dews, and even insisted on payment of revenue fallen into arrears for the last 29 years. Not to be outdone by the army, the courts of the parliaments also implemented a similar measure,. seeking to entrench the interests of their noble families too. It's after seeing this series of events that we can understand why historian arthur hassell was so critical of louis the fourteenth, fifteenth and six ents.

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