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Ch. 8 Absolute Monarchy in France Flashcards

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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1619-1683. Mercantilist who served as Louis XIV’s controller general of finances from 1662-1683.

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Richelieu and the Huguenots

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Defeated Huguenot uprising against him 1625-1627. Removed their right to hold fortified towns.

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Jacques Bossuet

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1627-1704, French Bishop that set forth Theory of Divine Right of Kings in his treatise, Politics Drawn From Holy Scripture, published about 1670.

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Reign of King Louis XIII

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1610-1643

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Marie Therese

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1638-1683. The Spanish infanta Louis XIV married in 1660.

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Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes

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1685

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Reign of King Henry IV (of France)

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1589-1610

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Louis XIV fights the Dutch War

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1672-1678. Louis invaded Holland. William of Orange opened the dikes. France gained the Franche-Comte.

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The Treaty of the Pyrenees ends France’s war with Spain

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1659

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The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years’ War

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1648

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Louis XIV’s personal rule begins following Mazarin’s death

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1661

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Ann of Austria

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1601-1666. Louis XIV’s mother and regent during his minority.

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Gallicanism

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Louis XIV’s policy of the king exercising administrative control over the church in France while recognizing the pope’s authority over faith and morals.

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Cardinal Mazarin

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1602-1661 Ruled France with Ann of Austria, Louis XIV’s mother during the king’s minority.

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Reign of King Louis XIV

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1643-1715

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert becomes Louis XIV’s chief minister

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1662

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The Wars of Religion end; Henry of Navarre becomes King Henry IV (of France)

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1589

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Henry IV issues the Edict of Nantes

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1598

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Louis XIV fights the War of Devolution

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1667-1668. French invasion of Spanish Netherlands and Franche-Comte. England, Holland and Sweden intervened to force Louis to withdraw.

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The Duke of Sully

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1560-1641. Finance minister for Henry IV

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The Fronde threatens the power of the French monarchy

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1648-1653

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Eugene of Savoy

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1663-1736

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Result of War of Spanish Succession

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Philip of Anjou recognized as King Philip V (r. 1700-1746) on condition that French/Spanish crowns remain separate.

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Pope Innocent X

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r. 1644-1655

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Louis XIV fights the War of the League of Augsburg

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1688-1697. Also known as the Nine Years’ War. Louis tried to gain territory along the Rhine. William III, now king of England led alliance against Louis who retained Alsace and Strasbourg.

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Cardinal Richelieu

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1585-1642. Reduced the power of the French Nobility in favor of the monarch.

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John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough

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1650-1722. Joined Hapsburg commander, Eugene of Savoy to defeat French at Blenheim in 1704 and other battles.

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Cardinal Richelieu becomes Louis XIII’s chief minister

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1642

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King Charles II (of Spain)

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r. 1665-1700, childless Hapsburgking of Spain. Left crown to Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV. HRE Leopold challenged this, wanting crown for his son Charles. War of Spanish Succession followed.

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Louis XIV fights the War of the Spanish Succession

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1701-1714

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Marie de Medicis

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1573-1642. Acted as regent for her son Louis XIII during his minority. Dismissed Sully.

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Pope Clement XI

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r. 1700-1721

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Cornelius Jansen

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1585-1638. Flemish theologian. Jansenism resembled Calvinism in its emphasis on predestination and its insistence that God’s grace comes as a gift.

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The Peace of Utrecht and the Treaty of Rastatt and Baden end the War of the Spanish Succession

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1713-1714

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