A. control the clergy and get around the power of the nobility.
B. give power in equal measure to the nobility, the clergy, and the commoners.
C. reform the church.
D. create a body exactly like the English Parliament.
2006-10-05 20:25:49 · 2 answers · asked by heba m 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
"Philip IV the Fair (1268 – 1314) was King of France from 1285 until his death. As a king, Philip was determined to strengthen the monarchy at any cost. He relied ... on a professional bureaucracy ...
In France ..., the ... Estates-General was an assembly of the different classes (or estates) of French subjects. [It] was both similar to and different from the legislative Parliament of England.
... the composition ... of the States-General always ... included representatives of the First Estate (clergy), Second Estate (lay nobility) and Third Estate (commoners: all others) ...
It was the dispute between Philip the Fair and Pope Boniface VIII which led to the States-General of 1302; the king of France [wanted] the principal authorities of the country [to] testify solemnly that they were at one with the king in this serious crisis."
I would say that the estates general of 1302 was called by Philip to control the clergy ("the dispute between Philip & the Pope) - answer A.
2006-10-05 23:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by peter_lobell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-06 03:55:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋