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Absolute France

Absolute France. It’s good to be the king!. Louis XIII( 1610-1643) and Richelieu. Henry IV d. 1610 Cardinal Richelieu- (1624-1642) #1 Goal-France #1 Parlements, Huguenots, Hapsburgs oh my!. Huguenots. Intendants No City walls and No Castles Quartered soldiers. Hapsburgs.

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Absolute France

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  1. Absolute France It’s good to be the king!

  2. Louis XIII( 1610-1643) and Richelieu • Henry IV d. 1610 • Cardinal Richelieu- (1624-1642) • #1 Goal-France #1 • Parlements, Huguenots, Hapsburgs oh my!

  3. Huguenots • Intendants • No City walls and No Castles • Quartered soldiers

  4. Hapsburgs • Brought France in the 30 Yrs. War • Used Propaganda

  5. Louis XIV: The Sun King ( 1643-1715) • Cardinal Mazarin • Taxes and Italians • Fronde: 1649-1652 • 1661- Louis takes power

  6. Sun King: Absolute Rule • 1661: L’etat, ce’est moi • Cult of Personality: propaganda • Hated Paris and Hated Nobles • 1685- Revoked the Edict of Nantes • Versailles

  7. Life at Versailles • 2,000 acres of grounds • 12 miles of roads • 27 miles of trellises • 200,000 trees • 210,000 flowers planted every year • 80 miles of rows of trees • 55 acres surface area of the Grand Canal

  8. 50 fountains and 620 fountain nozzles • 21 miles of water conduits • 3,600 cubic meters per hour: water consumed • 26 acres of roof • 51,210 square meters of floors • 2,153 windows

  9. 700 rooms • 67 staircases • 6,000 paintings • 1,500 drawings and 15,000 engravings • 2,100 sculptures • 5,000 items of furniture and objects d'art • 150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the Vegetable Garden

  10. Life at Versailles • Everything is orchestrated • Humiliate and bankrupt the nobles • Louis is at the top • Creates the very thing he hates

  11. Economy • Jean-Baptiste Colbert • State controlled economy-mercantilism • more exports than imports • Increased the taille • Maximize industry

  12. Louis’ Wars • Professional Army-250,000 strong • War of Devolution-1667-1668 • Netherlands-Triple Alliance • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle • Dutch Wars • Treaty of Dover-1670 • Invasion-1672 • William of Orange • Peace of Nijmwegen

  13. What is it good for???? • 9 Years War-1688-1697 • League of Augsburg • King Williams War War of Spanish Succession- 1701-1704

  14. See Ya Louis • Died 1715- 73 yrs. Ruling • Louis XV- 7 years old

  15. How Absolute was he? • Manipulated the nobles • Used Intendants, Hereditary office holders, and patronage system • Could control daily life outside of Versailles

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