Chapter 8: Absolute Monarchy in France

Question 1

Henry of Navarre

Answer 1

Became Henry IV, and converted to Catholicism

Question 2

Edict of Nantes

Answer 2

Granted limited toleration to Huguenots

Question 3

Duke of Sully

Answer 3

Henry IV’s financial minister; eliminated corruption and inefficiency, but did not eliminate fundamental problems of tax burdens; promoted internal improvements, but not industrialization

Question 4

Cardinal Richelieu

Answer 4

Louis XIII’s chief minister