1. Chapter 5 Section 2
The Reign of Louis XIV

2. Religious wars and power struggles
Henry Navarre-
Descended from Louis IX
was the first king of the Bourbon Dynasty (Henry IV)
Gave up Protestantism- “Paris is well worth a mass.”
Spent time rebuilding peace and prosperity for France
Is stabbed to death b/c of religious compromises
Edict of Nantes
Huguenots would set up their own houses of worship in certain cities.
* What did the Edict of Nantes do and how did it lead to Henry IV death?

3. Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIII was a weak king but appointed strong minister
Cardinal Richelieu-
2 main things to increase the Monarchy’s Power
1. Moved against the Huguenots
2. Weakened the nobles’ power
Involved France in the Thirty Years War

4. Cardinal Richlieu

5. Louis XIV comes to power
Louis XIV- Most powerful ruler in French history
“L’etat c’est moi.”
Louis the Boy King
Is only fourteen- real ruler Cardinal Mazarin
Anti- Mazarin riots – Louis’ life threatened
Louis Weakens the Nobles’ Authority
Excludes nobles from councils
Increased power of intendants- collected taxes and administered justice.
Jean Baptist Colbert- Louis’ minister of finance
Believed in Mercantilism and wanted to make France self Sufficient

6. Why did Louis XIV want to decrease Noble’s power
Why did Louis XIV want to decrease Noble’s power? And How did he accomplish this?
After Colbert’s death Louis cancels Edict of Nantes
Slows economic progress b/c artisans and business people leave the country

7. Louis XIV

8. The Sun King’s Grand Style
Louis surrounds himself with luxury
Louis controls the Nobility
Nobles lived at the Palace, and had the “honor” of waiting on Louis
Having nobles live there made them dependant on the king an took them away from home
Versailles like a small royal city-showed power
Patronage of the Arts
Louis a Huge supporter of the arts
Moliere-Tartuffe
Danced in the Ballet The Sun King
Purpose of art to glorify the King

9. Versailles

10. Louis fights disastrous wars
Under Louis France is most powerful country in Europe
Attempts to expand Frances’s Boundaries
1667 Louis expands into Spanish Netherlands and gains 12 towns
1672 Goes into Dutch Netherlands- very few gains, flood the countryside
By end of 1680s other countries of Europe came together to match France’s power
The people suffered b/c of poor harvests and high taxes for war

11. Louis fights disastrous wars
The War of Spanish Succession
1700 Charles II dies w/out an heir= promised the throne to Louis grandson Phillip Anjou.
Other countries threatened
Ban together and fight the Spanish War of Succession
War drags on until 1714
End result
Phillip Anjou could remain king as long as the thrones were not united
Hapsburgs get Spanish Netherlands
Prussia and Savoy recognized kingdoms
Britain- Gained Gibraltar and gained permission to send African slaves to the American Colonies from Spain
France gave them Nova Scotia and Newfoundland