Revolt of the papier timbré
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The revolt of the papier timbré was an anti-fiscal revolt in the Kingdom of France, occurring during the reign of Louis XIV from April to September 1675. It was fiercest in Lower Brittany, where it to
An example of one of the first acts produced on papier timbré at Quimperlé (9 April 1674, posthumous inventory edited by the jurisdiction of the abbaye de Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé)
Estates of Brittany
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The Estates of Brittany was the States Provincial for the province of Brittany. It gathered members of the high clergy, a large number of nobles and delegates from the 42 towns and cities of Brittany.
Revolt of the papier timbré
…played a very important role, and this issue is identified in the peasant codes. Finally, Brittany was a Pays d'États with its own parliaments, the Estates of Brittany and the Parliament of Brittany. It was exempted from the "gabelle" (salt tax), and new taxes should be agreed by the Estates, as guaranteed in 1532 Act…
The opening of the Estates of Brittany in 1756 by Christopher Paul de Robien.