The Reign of Louis XIV

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The Reign of Louis XIV

• Mr. Walker

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Religious Wars

• St. Bartholomews Day Massacre
• Huguenots slaughtered by Catholics
• Catherine de Medicis daughter marring Huguenot
  prince Henry of Navarre
• Most nobles died, Henry survives
• Henry IV Had to Rebuild France
• Pressured into converting to Catholicism
• Tries to help France more
• Edict of Nantes
• Declared Huguenots could live in peace in
  France
• Some liked him (peace) some didnt (religion)
• Assassinated Stabbed in a carriage

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Henry IV
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Louis XIII

• Henry IVs son Weak ruler
• Appointed Cardinal Richelieu (RISHuhloo)
• Real Ruler of France
• Took Action vs. Protestants No Walls
• No More Castles for Nobles
• Increased Power of Govt Agents Middle Class
• Wanted World Power Hapsburgs (Powerful Family)
• Gets Involved in the Thirty Years War

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Cardinal Richelieu
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French Writers

• Skepticism
• Idea that nothing can be known for certain
• Michel de Montaigne
• Essay
• Brief written work that expresses a persons
  thoughts and opinions.
• New beliefs replace old ones Never have
  absolute knowledge
• René Descartes
• Father of Modern Philosophy (and Math too)
• Scientific Method
• I think, therefore, I am

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Michel de Montaigne
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René Descartes
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Louis XIVs Reign

• Most Powerful Ruler in French History
• 14-years old
• Cardinal Mazarin (MazuhRAN)
• Ended the Thirty Years War
• ? Taxes Strengthened Cent. Govt
• Many People Hated Him for This (Nobles)
• Attempt a Rebellion, but Fail
• 1 Distrusted leaders more than Mazarin
• 2 Violent Repression
• 3 Peasants Hated Fighting Alternative
  (Rebellion) Was Worse
• Key to Who Louis is

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Cardinal Mazarin
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Cardinal Mazarin
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Louis XIV

• Louis 22 when Mazarin dies
• Weakened Noble Power
• Excluded From Councils
• Intendants
• Government Agents/Tax Collectors/Police
• Economic Growth
• Jean Baptiste Colbert (kawlBEHR)
• Minister of Finance
• Believed in Mercantilism
• Wanted France to be self-sufficient, no imports

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Louis XIV
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Jean Baptiste Colbert
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Colbert

• Tax Breaks and to French Companies
• Very High Tariffs
• Encouraged French Colonies in Canada
• After Colberts Death, Louis Repeals Edict of
  Nantes
• Thousands of Huguenots Flee Country (Skilled
  Workers Businessmen)

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The Sun King

• 830 Wake-up Call
• 100 Nobles - 4 Help Him Dress
• Keeps Nobles at Versailles
• Keeps Power With Intendants
• Grand Style Showed Wealth and Power
• Changes Art
• No Longer to Glorify God Middle Ages
• No Longer to Glorify Human Potential
  Renaissance
• Glorify King and Absolute Rule

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Palace at Versailles
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War Time

• Louis invades neighbors to the west
• Success makes him want to go north
• Not as successful, flood countryside
• European-wide alliance
• League of Augsburg
• Austria, Sweden, and Spain France
• Poor harvests, war, high taxes

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Succession

• Charles II of Spain childless
• Promise throne to Philip of Anjou
• Louis XIVs Grandson
• HUGE power
• War of the Spanish Succession - 1701
• War when England, Austria, Dutch Rep., Portugal,
  German and Italian states try to prevent union of
  French and Spanish throne.
• 1714 Treaty of Utrecht
• Philip can keep the throne, but cant be united
• Britain gets Gibraltar Mediterranean entrance

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Louis Death

• Sad years, apologized to people
• Cheered his death
• Mixed legacy
• Times of great power
• Military leader of Europe
• Warfare
• Versailles debt
• Abuse of power
• His ideas did not die however
• Prussia and Austria on deck

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This said that all Huguenots could live in peace
in France, Louis XIV later repealed it.

• Treaty of Utrecht
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• Edict of Nantes
• Divine Right

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I helped Louis XIII run France and was
responsible for getting France involved in the
Thirty Years War.

• Jean Baptiste Colbert
• Cardinal Richelieu
• Cardinal Mazarin
• René Descartes

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I am a skeptic. I also helped develop the idea of
the scientific method.

• Jean Baptiste Colbert
• Cardinal Richelieu
• Cardinal Mazarin
• René Descartes

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I helped Louis XIV run France until he was old
enough to do it himself. I pulled France out of
the Thirty Years War.

• Jean Baptiste Colbert
• Cardinal Richelieu
• Cardinal Mazarin
• René Descartes

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I was Louis XIVs Minister of Finance. I wanted
France to be 100 self-sufficient.

• Jean Baptiste Colbert
• Cardinal Richelieu
• Cardinal Mazarin
• René Descartes

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I became Frances most powerful ruler and called
myself The Sun King

• Louis XIII
• Louis XIV
• Henry IV
• Henry VIII

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Louis XIVs magnificent palace was called this

• El Escorial
• The Sun Palace
• Versailles
• Palace of Westphalia

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This war was to prevent the thrones of France and
Spain to combine.

• War of Spanish Succession
• Thirty Years War
• Spanish-American War
• Seven Years War