Paths to Constitutionalism
and Absolutism:
Absolutism in
-All Machiavellians
-Henry IV and Duke of Sully:
politique
-Louis XII and Cardinal
Richelieu: Raisond’etat
-Louis XIV, Cardinal Mazarin
and Minister Colbert: Financial genius
Each progressively more
Limit the power of nobles
Limit the power of Hugenots
Increase the bureaucracy
Increase the power of the king and the state
All wanted to make
A sense of national importance has been key to the French
ever since
Louis XIV: 1637
-1642: became king
-Mother Hapsburg and Father
Valois
-Under him, the French army
became the strongest in
-Having a large army created
a reason to use it
-Fought 4 wars between
1667-1713
-Set standard for armies in
-Almost bankrupt
-Not successful in the
battlefield
-Ended French domination of
-Irritated with peasants
-Diplomatically, gained
territory and a Bourbon was placed on the Spanish throne
-Richest, coolest, most
popular guy in
-Loved ballet and made it
popular
-Built the
-Fear of nobles (Fronde)
drove him to build rooms for every noble in
-Raised taxes, which hurt
peasants
-”I am the state”
-Did not do much politically
-Ruled for 72 years
-Gallic Church had liberty
from the pope in order that the church would remain Catholic
-Louis took that liberty and
made himself the head of the Catholic Church in
-“One faith” required
elimination of the Protestants and he repealed the Edict of Nantes in 1685,
causing many Hugenots to flee
-Brought in the Mulberry tree
War for Spanish Succession: 1701-1714
-Charles II, King of
-Charles gave his land to
Philip of Anjou, Grandson of Louis XIV
-Hapsburg HRE Charles VI
wanted to become Charles III of
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RESULTS
-Treaty of
-French lose
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-English get Asiento to
provide slaves to Spanish colonies
-Austrians get
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