Great Ordinance
The phrase "Great Ordinance" was also an early term for artillery, more usually spelt "Great Ordnance". In French political history, a great ordinance or grand ordinance (French – Grande ordonnance) was an important royal ordinance or decree. The French Estates-General might also adopt one to, for example, grant the king the exclusive right to raise troops, and establish the taxation measure known as the taille in support of a standing army. Examples included: Colbert also took several other ordinances to be Great Ordinances :
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Great Ordinance
The phrase "Great Ordinance" was also an early term for artillery, more usually spelt "Great Ordnance". In French political history, a great ordinance or grand ordinance (French – Grande ordonnance) was an important royal ordinance or decree. The French Estates-General might also adopt one to, for example, grant the king the exclusive right to raise troops, and establish the taxation measure known as the taille in support of a standing army. Examples included: Colbert also took several other ordinances to be Great Ordinances :
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The phrase "Great Ordinance" w ...... known as the Code noir (1685).
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The phrase "Great Ordinance" w ...... nces to be Great Ordinances :
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Grande ordonnance
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Great Ordinance
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