00:00The King's Council was a set of collegial bodies of the Ancien Régime, institutionalized and permanent, tasked with preparing
00:05the decisions of the King of France and to guide him in their advice.
00:08The formula "for such is our pleasure" was not applied arbitrarily, but after consultation.
00:14Charles V was to establish the principle, "respected by all his successors," according to which the king only decides
00:19'after "good and careful deliberation".
00:21Before making important decisions, the sovereigns of the kingdom of France consulted their entourage, what was called
00:27the family.
00:28But it was only around the 12th century that an institutionalized advisory body appeared in royal acts, the
00:33Advice.
00:34The Council is the organic and permanent embodiment of the institution of the Council, a key element of the Capetian monarchy.
00:41The Council gives the king the right to call upon whomever he sees fit to assist him.
00:46and guide him with his opinions.
00:48Conversely, the Council is a duty for all the king's subjects and, more particularly, for the first among them
00:53them, and whether they are consulted individually or collectively, again.
00:57Government by Council, an essential principle of monarchical government in France, relies on intermittent institutions, such as the Estates
01:04general, and on a permanent institution, the Council.
