Polysynodie

The polysynodie is a system of government per council founded in France of 1715 with 1718 by Philippe of Orleans, regent of the kingdom. Each field, and question prone to a field, is discussed by the suitable council.

For example, a potential war is discussed by the Council of State to the War , which gathers members of the nobility as well as the notable ones. Together, they must discuss the facts, the possible solutions, for finally bringing to the Regent and with his Conseil of Regency an assessment and the procedure to follow.

The system of Secretary of State of the king is thus broken as of the death of Louis XIV. The polysynodie (1715-1718), by replacing each Secretary of State by a Council of State where nobility, magistrates and notable sit, redistributes the capacities confiscated by Louis XIV and his close relations advisers.

But the slowness of this system polysynodic, the frequent oppositions between the members of the same council, encourage finally a return to the Secretaries of State, individuals single, specialized and persons in charge of a field, charged with advising the king (in fact, the Regent).

List Councils of State under the polysynodie

There were seven councils having for task to simplify the work of the Conseil of Regency :

the Council of Conscience (moral business and nun)
the Council of the Foreign affairs, directed by Nicolas Trawl-net of the Corn
the Council of the War,
the Council of the Navy, directed by Louis Alexandre of Bourbon and whose Rene de Froulay de Tessé was member
Conseil of Finances,
Conseil of the Businesses of the Inside of the Kingdom,
Conseil the Commercial (December 1715)

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