Ch. 8 Absolute Monarchy in France

Question 1

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Richelieu and the Huguenots

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Jacques Bossuet

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Reign of King Louis XIII

Answer 4

1610-1643

Question 5

Marie Therese

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes

Answer 6

1685

Question 7

Reign of King Henry IV (of France)

Answer 7

1589-1610

Question 8

Louis XIV fights the Dutch War

Answer 8

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

1659

Question 10

The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years’ War

Answer 10

1648

Question 11

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

Answer 11

1661

Question 12

Ann of Austria

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Gallicanism

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

Cardinal Mazarin

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Reign of King Louis XIV

Answer 15

1643-1715

Question 16

Jean-Baptiste Colbert becomes Louis XIV’s chief minister

Answer 16

1662

Question 17

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

Answer 17

1589

Question 18

Henry IV issues the Edict of Nantes

Answer 18

1598

Question 19

Louis XIV fights the War of Devolution

Answer 19

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

Question 20

The Duke of Sully

Answer 20

1560-1641. Finance minister for Henry IV

Question 21

The Fronde threatens the power of the French monarchy

Answer 21

1648-1653

Question 22

Eugene of Savoy

Answer 22

1663-1736

Question 23

Result of War of Spanish Succession

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Pope Innocent X

Answer 24

r. 1644-1655

Question 25

Louis XIV fights the War of the League of Augsburg

Answer 25

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.

Question 26

Cardinal Richelieu

Answer 26

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

Question 27

John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Cardinal Richelieu becomes Louis XIII's chief minister

Answer 28

1642

Question 29

King Charles II (of Spain)

Answer 29

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.

Question 30

Louis XIV fights the War of the Spanish Succession

Answer 30

1701-1714

Question 31

Marie de Medicis

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Pope Clement XI

Answer 32

r. 1700-1721

Question 33

Cornelius Jansen

Answer 33

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

Question 34

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

Answer 34

1713-1714