Généralité Du Poitou
''Recettes générales'', commonly known as ''généralités'' (), were the administrative divisions of France under the Ancien Régime and are often considered to prefigure the current ''préfectures''. At the time of the French Revolution, there were thirty-six ''généralités''. Among the multiple divisions utilised for various purposes by the kings' administrators, ''généralités'' emerged gradually from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Initially fiscal, their role steadily increased to become by the late 17th century — under the authority of an ''intendant'' (reporting to the Controller-General of Finances) — the very framework of royal administration and centralisation. History Before the 14th century, oversight of the collection of royal taxes fell generally to the ''baillis'' and Seneschal, ''sénéchaux'' in their circumscriptions. Reforms in the 14th and 15th centuries saw France's royal financial administration run by two financial boards which worked in ...
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Ancien Régime
''Ancien'' may refer to * the French word for "ancient, old" ** Société des anciens textes français * the French for "former, senior" ** Virelai ancien ** Ancien Régime ** Ancien Régime in France {{disambig ...
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