france and absolute monarchy Flashcards
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| 315625936 | what is a huguenot? | a french calvinist protestant | 0 | |
| 315625937 | monarchy thought that all should share one? | king, one law, and one religion | 1 | |
| 315625938 | what was the religion of the french monarchy? | protestant | 2 | |
| 315625939 | why were people massacred in france in 1572? | in france fighting broke out between catholics and huguenots. violence spread; final huguenot death toll up to 70,000. | 3 | |
| 315625940 | who became king of france in 1593? | henry of Navarre or Henry IV | 4 | |
| 315625941 | what did the edict of nantes do? | gave huguentos limited freedom of worship, the right to hold office, subjects no longer had to follow religious of throne,ended religious wars. | 5 | |
| 315625942 | which king allowed the edic of nantes? | Henry IV | 6 | |
| 315625943 | what is the official religion of France at this point? | catholicism | 7 | |
| 315625944 | what catholic official advised Louis XIII? | Cardinal Richelieu | 8 | |
| 315625945 | why did Richelieu want to enter france into a war against the catholic hapsburgs when he was catholic too? | to make an attempt to bring down the Hapsburgs | 9 | |
| 315625946 | who did King Louis XIII and Richelieu see as their enemies? | Huguenots, nobles, the Hapsburg family | 10 | |
| 315625947 | what was Louis XIV known as? why? | the sun. because he thought the world revolved around him | 11 | |
| 315625948 | what time period did he rule? | 1643 | 12 | |
| 315625949 | louis XIV demanded that he be in charge of what 3 things? | military, political, economic | 13 | |
| 315625950 | what is the name of the palace he built? | palace of versailles | 14 | |
| 315625951 | did nobles have power? | at first then they grew pooter | 15 | |
| 315625952 | how were nobles and courtiers expected to act at Versailles? | required rituals by bowing courtiers, eating, dressing, walking in garden, all required a ritual. proper attention to Louis. | 16 | |
| 315625953 | louis smashed the power of what group? how? | huguenots. louis revoked edict of nantes, outlawed Protestantism in france | 17 | |
| 315625954 | why did louis need money? | to build up military, to expand french territory, for good equipment | 18 | |
| 315625955 | how large was his army? | 200,000 soldiers | 19 | |
| 315625956 | was louis XIV the most powerful leader in Europe at this time? | because he took france to war 4 times. | 20 |