The age of Louis XIV

• Who was Jean Bodin?

  A humanist
• What is the title of Jean Bodin's work published in 1576?

  Six Books on the Commonwealth
• What historical context influenced Bodin's political views in 1576?

  The French Wars of Religion
• What is the concept of "one king, one law, one faith" associated with?

  French Absolutism
• How did Henry IV stabilize France?

  By issuing the Edict of Nantes
• What was the Estates General?

  The representative body of France
• How did Henry IV increase absolutism in France?

  By abolishing the Estates-General
• Who was Cardinal Richelieu?

  The architect of French absolutism
• What was one method Richelieu used to weaken the nobility?

  He appointed intendants to carry out royal laws which gave the nobility no more political power and he razed castles which made the nobility lose military
• What happened during the Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628)?

  Richelieu took military and political liberties from the Huguenots which weakened the huguenots
• What was the significance of the Fronde during Cardinal Mazarin's time?

  It was a noble rebellion against the king to regain lost liberties
• Why did Louis XIV move the capital to Versailles?

  To remove Paris's control over him
• What was the Edict of Fontainebleau?

  A royal law that revoked the Edict of Nantes
• What was the role of the Estates-General during Louis XIV's reign?

  They were not called
• How did Louis XIV control the nobility?

  By requiring them to serve him
• What was the significance of the Palace of Versailles?

  It was used to intimidate foreign dignitaries and control the nobility
• What were the Parlements in France?

  Provincial courts of nobles that could veto royal edicts
• Who was the Marquis de Louvois?


  He revolutionized the power of the French Army
• What was the outcome of the War of Spanish Succession?

  It ended with the Peace of Utrecht in 1713
• What did the Peace of Utrecht establish regarding the Bourbon families?

  It established two different Bourbon families, one in France and one in Spain
• What economic policy did Jean-Baptiste Colbert advocate for?

  Mercantilism
• How successful was Colbert in establishing a flourishing French economy?

  He wasn’t successful
• How was France's condition in 1715?

  France had overwhelming debt
• How was France destabilized as it entered the eighteenth century?

  By the overwhelming debt and political instability
• To what extent was Louis XIV successful in achieving his political, economic, and foreign policy goals?


  He was somewhat successful
• What was Bodin’s view on absolutism based on?


  god
• Who is THE SOVEREIGN in Bodin’s eyes?


  the king
• What does Bodin believe the king has to do?

  • make laws
  • be over the law
  • have absolute power
  • centralize the state
  • adopt one religion
• Who established the Bourbon dynasty?

  Henry IV
• What was Cardinal Richelieu’s Foreign Policy?


  to stabilize the geo-political position of the Bourbons
• What did Bishop Bousset create?


  the divine right theory of the monarchy
• What did Bousset use to justify the kings power?


  the bible
• When did Louis XIV declare his self-rule over France?


  1651
• To what extent was Louis’s rule absolute?


  somewhat/moderately
• What place in the Palace of Versailles intimidated the foreign dignitaries?

  Hall of Mirrors
• What were the Foreign Policy goals of Louis XIV wars?


  expand into the dutch republic and Spanish Netherlands
• What were the two alliances in the war of spanish succession?


  Grand Alliance vs. France & Spain
• What did Austria get out the Peace of Utrecht?


  all the italian lands
• What did the Dutch Republic turn into because of the Peace of Utrecht?


  Bankers
• What did Great Britain gain because of the Peace of Utrecht?


  Canadian lands and Gibraltar