Richelieu

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Of the local liberties which had survived in some parts of France Eichelieu showed himself the bitter enemy. Most of the provinces were pays d'dlection, i. E. They were divided into districts in which the assessment and collection of taxes were vested in royal officials called 6lus. But several provinces had retained repre- sentative institutions, either by custom or by special vin DOMESTIC GOVERNMENT 165 agreement made at the time of their annexation to the crown. The chief of these pays d'dta...ts were Languedoc, Normandy. Brittany, Burgundy, Provence, and Dauphine. The composition and powers of the provincial estates varied in innumerable details, but all had one common privilege : they made their own financial bargains with the crown, and they appointed their own officials to assess and collect their contributions to the state. The suppression in 1629 of the Huguenot revolt in Lan- guedoc gave Richelieu an opportunity for attempting the suppression of this privilege, and edicts were issued to extend the division into Elections to all the provinces of France.

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