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France 3.4 Sources of Royal Authority. Royalty and the Ancien Regime Sits above the three estates Clergy, Knights (nobles) and workers.

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1 France 3.4 Sources of Royal Authority

2 Royalty and the Ancien Regime Sits above the three estates Clergy, Knights (nobles) and workers

3 Royal Authority

4 Sources of Royal Authority Religious: Divine Right

5 Sources of Royal Authority Dynastic – tradition and bloodlines

6 Sources of Royal Authority Theory of Absolutism “...there is no legal authority that can delay or resist him.” Bishop Boussuet.

7 Sources of Royal Authority Military Command

8 Sources of Royal Authority

9 New Vocab Parlement Estates Generale Absolutism Dynastic authority Divine right Legitimacy Despotism Remonstrance Benevolence Patriarchal authority

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