FRANCE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION

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FRANCE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
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France

• Period of Religious conflict
• Rise of the Bourbon Dynasty
• Henry IV of Navarre becomes king in 1589
• Edict of Nantes 1598

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King Henry IV

• Was a protestant
• converted to Catholicism.

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King Henry IV

• Issued a ruling to give all protestants equal
  rights.
• Laid the foundation for absolute rule.

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Edict of Nantes

• The edict defined the rights of the French
  Protestants Huguenots

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• King Henry IV was assassinated in 1610
• Stabbed to death
• Louis XIII becomes King at age 9.

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Cardinal Richelieu

• Marie de Medici ruled early for her son Louis
  XIII
• Cardinal Richelieu takes over.

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• Richelieu adhered to the maxim that "the ends
  justify the means." Although he devoutly believed
  in the mission of the Roman Church, he sought to
  assign the church a more practical role.
  Richelieu argued that the state is above
  everything, and that religion is a mere
  instrument to promote the policies of the state.

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Cardinal Richelieu

• Ruthless advisor to the king wanted to make the
  King more powerful.
• Fought the Protestants.

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Louis XIVDIVINE RIGHT MONARCH

• True ruler of France Mazarin (ended 30 years war)
• Followed the same policies as Richelieu Louis
  revokes the Edict of Nantes and began to harass
  the Protestants to convert, many flee
• Reorganized the Economy.
• Gained support of the Army.

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Louis XIV

• Built Palace of Versailles
• Massive undertaking and example of Louiss
  arrogance
• Weakened the power of the nobles of France
• Jean Baptiste Colbert-Minister of France

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Louis XIV

• Kept nobles at Palace for 1/2 of each year to
  keep an eye on them.
• Stop trouble before it starts.

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Louis XIV

• Created strong royal government.
• Became the model for other European monarchs.

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War of Spanish Succession

• 1701-1714
• War for the throne of Spain after the death of
  Charles II Hapsburg
• Big winner Great Britain.
• Britain, Austria, Dutch, Portugal, and German and
  Italian States joined to fight Spain and France.

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• Louis' extravagance, in particular Louis XIVs
  endless wars, was expensive, and would leave much
  of France in financial peril by the end of his
  reign. Louis also revoked the Edict of Nantes in
  1685. Louis XIV died in 1715 and Louis XV assumed
  the throne.