[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch17z2:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch17","Charles V the Wise: Reconquest, State, and the Western Schism (1364–1380)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch17z2","Finance, Administration, and a 'Currency of Trust'","\u003Cp>After 1364, priority was not only to win battles but to finance endurance: garrisons, sieges, artillery, fortifications, fleets, and pay. Charles V governed with a simple principle: a kingdom that can pay consistently can fight consistently.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧾 Taxation, Consent, and Continuity\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Wartime taxation became more regular. The crown tried to:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>reduce fiscal shocks that triggered revolt;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>supervise collection more tightly;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>link taxation clearly to military needs to sustain legitimacy.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏛️ Administration as Strategic Capacity\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Reconquest required a bureaucracy able to track spending, mobilize resources, and coordinate officials. War therefore reinforced institutions: accounting offices, chancery routines, local officers, and information flows.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🪙 Currency: Stability and Credibility\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>After disruptive monetary mutations in the 1350s, currency stability became a political issue. A trusted currency:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>protects nominal income;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>supports credit;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>makes taxation less explosive.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Money became an instrument of legitimacy as much as finance.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 To Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Durable war depended on durable financing.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Administration and monetary stability became core political weapons.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"After 1364, priority was not only to win battles but to finance endurance: garrisons, sieges, artillery, fortifications, fleets, and pay. Charles V governed",1778543136129]