Customary Aids And Royal Finance In Capetian France: The Marriage Aid Of Philip The Fair (medieval Academy Books)

I. The Marriage Of Isabelle And Royal Finances, 1308. 1. The Marriage Of Isabelle. 2. Philip The Fair And The Marriages Of His Children. 3. Royal Finances In 1308 -- Ii. The Theory And Practice Of Customary Aids. 1. The Justifiability Of Customary Aids. 2. The Collection Of Customary Aids -- Iii. The King And The Marriage Aid, 1308-1309. 1. The First Attempts To Levy The Aid. 2. Fiscal Crisis And The Appointment Of Commissioners. 3. The Results Of The Commissioners' Initial Efforts -- Iv. Resistance And Protest In The Provinces, 1309. 1. Representative Traditions In Quercy And Perigord. 2. The Organization Of Opposition In Quercy. 3. The Final Configuration Of The Embassy And The Agents' Powers -- Note: Carton J 356 Of The Archives Nationales -- V. Protest And Negotiation In Paris And The Provinces, 1309-1311. 1. Delegations To The King In 1309. 2. The Government Presses Collection. 3. The Yield Of The Marriage Aid -- Vi. Customary Aids And Royal Policy In The Later Fourteenth Century. 1. The Knighting Aid Of 1313. 2. The Aids Of The Least Direct Capetians. 3. The Aids Of The Valois Kings. Elizabeth A.r. Brown. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 281-308) And Index. Frontmatter 1 List of Abbreviations (page ix) 9 List of Illustrations (page xi) 11 Acknowledgments (page xiii) 13 Introduction (page 1) 17 I. The Marriage of Isabelle and Royal Finances, 1308 (page 11) 27 1. The Marriage of Isabelle (page 12) 28 2. Philip the Fair and the Marriages of His Children (page 22) 38 3. Royal Finances in 1308 (page 26) 42 II. The Theory and Practice of Customary Aids (page 35) 51 1. The Justifiability of Customary Aids (page 36) 52 2. The Collection of Customary Aids (page 44) 60 III. The King and the Marriage Aid, 1308-1309 (page 71) 87 1. The First Attempts to Levy the Aid (page 71) 87 2. Fiscal Crisis and the Appointment of Commissioners (page 80) 96 3. The Results of the Commissioner's Initial Efforts (page 92) 108 IV. Resistance and Protest in the Provinces, 1309 (page 97) 113 1. Representative Traditions in Quercy and Périgord (page 99) 115 2. The Organization of Opposition in Quercy (page 112) 128 3. The Final Configuration of the Embassy and the Agents' Powers (page 136) 152 Note: Carton J 356 of the Archives nationales (page 143) 159 V. Protest and Negotiation in Paris and the Provinces, 1309-1311 (page 147) 163 1. Delegations to the King in 1309 (page 147) 163 2. The Government Presses Collection (page 157) 173 3. The Yield of the Marriage Aid (page 177) 193 VI. Customary Aids and Royal Policy in the Later Fourteenth Century (page 187) 203 1. The Knighting Aid of 1313 (page 188) 204 2. The Aids of the Last Direct Capetians (page 207) 223 3. The Aids of the Valois Kings (page 213) 229 Conclusions (page 219) 235 Appendix: Documents (page 227) 243 Bibliography (page 281) 297 Index (page 309) 325 A study of King Philip the Fair's "expansion and refinement of royal administration" and "calculated manipulation of...currency," focusing on the attitudes of the King's subjects towards himself, his ministers and other officials in his court.