Given the naive fiscal and land policy of the royal court, the central power began to experience severe financial difficulties, largely due to the enlargement of feudal lands at royal expense. The noble estate of the parliament succeeded in reducing their tax burden by 70–80%, at the expense of the country's ability to defend itself.Francis Fukuyama: Origins of Political Order: From Pre-Human Times to the French Revolution Vladislaus became the magnates' helpless "prisoner"; he could make no decision without their consent.
Given the naive fiscal and land policy of the royal court the central power began to experience severe financial difficulties, largely due to the enlargement of feudal lands at royal expense. The noble estate of the parliament succeeded in reducing their tax burden by 70–80%, at the expense of the country's ability to defend itself.Francis Fukuyama: Origins of Political Order From Pre-Human Times to the French Revolution Vladislaus became the magnates' helpless "prisoner"; he could make no decision without their consent