System of Polysynody (as political reform)

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The System of Polysynody was an early 18th-century French governmental reform that replaced individual ministers with collegial councils of nobles to advise and administer the state during the Regency.

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instanceOf administrative system ⓘ
governmental reform ⓘ
political system ⓘ
aimedTo increase influence of high nobility in government ⓘ
limit power of individual ministers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs polysynodie ⓘ
système de polysynodie ⓘ
appliedIn French central government ⓘ
appliesToOffice royal councils of state ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
decisionMaking collective deliberation and majority opinion ⓘ
endTime 1718 ⓘ
evaluatedAs inefficient in practice ⓘ
governanceForm collegial councils ⓘ
hasCouncil Council of Commerce ⓘ
Council of Conscience ⓘ
Council of Finance ⓘ
Council of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
Council of Marine ⓘ
Council of Regency ⓘ
Council of War ⓘ
Council of the Interior ⓘ
historicalSignificance experiment in limiting royal ministers through noble councils ⓘ
illustration of tensions between monarchy and high nobility in early 18th‑century France ⓘ
implementedBy Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ⓘ
implementedDuring Regency of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ⓘ
inspiredBy aristocratic ideals of shared governance ⓘ
criticism of ministerial absolutism under Louis XIV ⓘ
keyFeature collective decision‑making in royal administration ⓘ
noble participation in central government ⓘ
replacement of single ministers by councils of nobles ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
location Versailles ⓘ
membership high nobility ⓘ
peers of France ⓘ
princes of the blood ⓘ
politicalContext Regency government after death of Louis XIV ⓘ
post‑Louis XIV transition of power ⓘ
reasonForAbolition administrative confusion ⓘ
internal rivalries among nobles ⓘ
slow decision‑making ⓘ
relatedTo Ancien Régime ⓘ
French absolutist monarchy ⓘ
replaced system of individual royal ministers ⓘ
replacedBy restored ministerial system ⓘ
startTime 1715 ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ

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Philippe II, Duke of Orléans → notableWork → System of Polysynody (as political reform) ⓘ
Council of Regency → governmentForm → System of Polysynody ⓘ
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Council of Regency → usedSystem → System of Polysynody ⓘ
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Council of Regency → memberOf → System of Polysynody councils ⓘ
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Council of Foreign Affairs → partOf → French system of polysynody ⓘ
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Council of the Interior → partOf → French System of Polysynody ⓘ
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