A Lasting Polysynody

Could anyone tell me more about the polysynodie established by the Régent in France from 1714-1718?

I was wondering if this form of government was sustainable? Since it seems there was a lot of infighting among members of each council as well as inter-conciliary conflict.

And if it was sustainable, would it paralyze or help the French government system in the long run?
 
Basically, it was a -pitful- tentative of court nobility to gain back the power Mazarin/Louis XIV took them.
Instead of having the most skilled (or the most supported by courts faction, even if they had some skills) entering in royal council, including bourgeois or recently anoblished, they decided to break the secretaries of state and replace them with a council.

For each ministry, a council made of nobles, elites and parlementarians (court nobility being well representated) debated, discussed the decisions they advised the Regent. Considering the recurring opposition, the absence of skill of many councilors (even if councilors of Louis XIV remained, the presence of people without other qualifications than "MINEMINEMINE" didn't helped)

This system, that can be easily said being made in 1715 by men of 1653 believing they still were in 1614, was fucked up : eventually, nobles began to abandon their duties in the councils, effectivly letting Louis XIV staff in place but with a hierarchic structure that decentralized and preventing an effective common rule, was for the less unefficient.

The experience lasted less than 3 years, before turning back to the former or at least an euclidian administration.
"Fucked up" would quite resume the situation.
 
That amount of views and no one has an answer? Or is this just one of those topics that no one likes to talk about

Take a look a the whole list of threads. 100-1 views to replies is normal, and that includes posts by the OPs.

Dont get all bent out of shape because you are treated normally.
 
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