court of Louis XI

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The court of Louis XI was the royal household and political center of the shrewd and often mistrustful French king Louis XI in the 15th century, known for its intrigue, centralization of power, and complex web of alliances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political center ⓘ
royal court ⓘ
associatedWithEvent War of the Public Weal ⓘ
conflicts with Charles the Bold of Burgundy ⓘ
diplomatic negotiations with Burgundy and England ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
endTime 1483 ⓘ
followedBy court of Charles VIII of France ⓘ
follows court of Charles VII of France ⓘ
linked to: court of Louis XI
governedByPolicy pragmatic diplomacy ⓘ
reliance on royal council over high nobility ⓘ
use of pensions and offices to secure loyalty ⓘ
hasCapital Tours ⓘ
hasCharacteristic administrative professionalism ⓘ
centralization of royal power ⓘ
complex diplomatic alliances ⓘ
favoring of lesser nobles and commoners ⓘ
financial pragmatism ⓘ
increased use of written administration ⓘ
mistrust of high nobility ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
reduced emphasis on chivalric display ⓘ
use of espionage ⓘ
hasLanguage French ⓘ
hasMember Charlotte of Savoy ⓘ
Louis XI of France ⓘ
bureaucrats ⓘ
diplomatic envoys ⓘ
ecclesiastical advisers ⓘ
foreign ambassadors ⓘ
legal experts ⓘ
military captains ⓘ
nobles loyal to the crown ⓘ
royal council of Louis XI ⓘ
royal financiers ⓘ
royal household of Louis XI ⓘ
linked to: court of Louis XI

royal officers ⓘ
royal secretaries ⓘ
spies and informers ⓘ
hasMonarch Louis XI of France ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasRuler Louis XI of France ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
mainResidence Château de Plessis-lez-Tours ⓘ
Tours ⓘ
playsRole development of centralized royal administration ⓘ
strengthening French monarchy ⓘ
weakening power of great feudal lords ⓘ
secondaryResidence Loire Valley castles ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
startTime 1461 ⓘ
timePeriod 15th century ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
early French Renaissance context ⓘ

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Quentin Durward → narrativeLocation → court of Louis XI ⓘ
court of Louis XI → hasMember → royal household of Louis XI ⓘ
linked to: court of Louis XI
court of Louis XI → follows → court of Charles VII of France ⓘ
linked to: court of Louis XI