. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ^ She made thevarious estates grant her 14, florins of direct taxes for tenyears, instead of the 9,000,000 florins formerly voted yearly. Inorder to make this less burdensome to the poorer classes, she entirelyabrogated the nobles and clergys prerogative of exemption fromüixation, and caused a new and equitable scheme of land-taxes to becarried thi-ough. The estates were now — unwillinplv enoug-h —induced to agree to permanent taxes, and soon thereafter to thecalling of no more diets. Hand in hand
. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ^ She made thevarious estates grant her 14, florins of direct taxes for tenyears, instead of the 9,000,000 florins formerly voted yearly. Inorder to make this less burdensome to the poorer classes, she entirelyabrogated the nobles and clergys prerogative of exemption fromüixation, and caused a new and equitable scheme of land-taxes to becarried thi-ough. The estates were now — unwillinplv enoug-h —induced to agree to permanent taxes, and soon thereafter to thecalling of no more diets. Hand in hand with the restriction of the influence of the estateswent the organization of a centralized official class. The officialsappointed by the diet were everywhere dismissed, and replaced byinifjerial officers. In place of the old Conference, there came aCouncil of State, ordered after the French form, which had to do 326 EUROPE ABOUT crCenry Comic oJ^^rtniicr OlA iunistrtiJyoy de fd^ oloanc
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