Ordonnance Cabochienne

France [1413]

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The Ordonnance Cabochienne was a reform of the royal administration in France that occurred in 1413. It was named after Simon Caboche, a skinner and leader of discontented merchant guilds who, with the patronage of the duke of Burgundy, led riots that promoted the reform. The University of Paris also supported this faction, blaming King Charles VI's officials for corruption and excessive taxation.1

Caboche led a mob that seized the Bastille, leading Charles VI to issue the Ordonnance Cabochienne. This ordinance proposed that administrative officials be elected and that affairs be controlled by the political council, Parlement, or Chambre des Comptes. However, continued riots led to a backlash from the Parisian bourgeoisie. The ordinance was eventually withdrawn due to the violence used to force it, and the rioters were expelled. Caboche lost his influence thereafter.1

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…that became known as the Ordonnance Cabochienne, named for Caboche, which provided for the control of affairs by the deliberations of the political council, of the Parlement, or of the Chambre des Comptes and for the election of all administrative officials by one or another of those organs. Continued riots,…
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…that became known as the Ordonnance Cabochienne, named for Caboche, which provided for the control of affairs by the deliberations of the political council, of the Parlement, or of the Chambre des Comptes and for the election of all administrative officials by one or another of those organs. Continued riots,…
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