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Why did Louis IX place the finances of 35 communes under royal control?
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Louis IX, carrying the hand of justice.
Between 1259 and 1262, Louis IX placed the fiscal administration of 35 communes under direct royal control because their oligarchical urban governors had mismanaged finances. This mismanagement was detrimental to both the king and the lower classes, prompting the monarch to intervene to restore order and protect the interests of the townspeople, who had frequently suffered under exploitative local governance.12