1. History of the Ancient and Medieval World Walsingham Academy Mrs. McArthur Room 111 Walsingham Academy Mrs. McArthur Room 111 Staging Absolutism Louis XIV and Versailles Staging Absolutism Louis XIV and Versailles

2. 4 th Term Book Club Participants By Friday, May 29, send me an email indicating the grade you would like to have dropped. Be sure to indicate: –Title of grade –Date of grade

3. The Renaissance The Voyages Of Discovery The Reformation The Scientific Revolution The New Monarchies Emerging Nation States Foundation of Modern Europe Emerging Nation States Foundation of Modern Europe

4. The New Monarchies Machiavelli’s view of the successful ruler –The prince: agent of change in state formation –The need for unity, security and prosperity “How to” model: Absolutism emerges on continent The monarch must break feudal ties to past What to look for in the successful state

5. The New Monarchies (cont.) Church and nobility subordinated to monarch Bureaucracy to supervise royal policies Royal system of justice Royal monopoly on military power Dependable and adequate source of income Winners and losers in the modern Europe

6. Impact of Reformation A tale of 3 countries (review) England – Act of Supremacy (1534) – Elizabethan Settlement Holy Roman Empire – Thirty Years’ War – Peace of Westphalia (1648) – Rise of Prussia & Austria France – Civil War – Edict of Nantes (1598) St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre: 1572

7. France in the 16 th Century Francis I (Renaissance arrives, along with Leonardo) Henry II (Diane de Poitiers vs. Catherine de Medicis) Killed in a tournament, power vacuum 3 weak sons wrestle for control with “help” from mom Civil War St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre 3 Henrys Henry IV converts (“Paris is worth a mass!” - Paris vaut bien une messe.) Edict of Nantes (1598) Document of Religious Toleration (Band-Aid) State trumps Religion (Politique)

8. France: Model Absolutist State The Great Monarchs Henry IV with Sully (1589-1610) Louis XIII with Richelieu (1610-1643) Louis XIV with Mazarin and then sole rule (1643-1715) Cardinal Richelieu

9. The Challenges  Rebuilding France after disastrous religious civil war of 16 th century: (Henry IV and Sully))  “a chicken in every pot”  “Cultivation and pasturage are the mother’s milk of France.”  Centralizing and expanding government functions : civil service (including tax collection,) justice, military.  Breaking feudal ties to extend royal power  Forging a French cultural identity ; replacing regional loyalties with national ones: language, religion. (Revocation of Edict of Nantes, 1685)  Creating an ideological basis for royal absolute rule:  “Princes are gods.” (Bossuet)  “I am the State.” (Louis XIV)

10. Assignment 1 : due Wed., 5/27 Read text, pp 510-514 Identify new terms Answer 4 Checkpoint Questions "Louis XIV, 1673," by Pierre Mignard. representing Louis in terms of martial and classical glory.

12. Assignment 2: due Thurs, 5/28 Answer thematic questions: Biography, pp 511, Primary Source, pp 512 Infographic, pp 513 Louis as the sun (See NotesPage) Louis as the sun (See NotesPage)

13. French Absolutism SuccessesFailures

14. Versailles: “Theater of Power”  All nobles required to spend time there.  The palace housed royal family and their 5,000 servants, 1,000 nobles and their 4,000 servants. (9,000 soldiers as well as thousands more artisans and civil servants lived in the town.)  Selected nobles allowed to participate in the carefully-orchestrated rituals intended to manipulate and control.  Demonstration of the power and benevolence of the monarch  Display legitimizes the monarch’s power while underlining the oneness with God and the State.  Civil Servants run an increasingly bureaucratic state.

15. Life at Versailles Why did Louis structure life at Versailles around rituals and extravagant events?

16. Assignment 3: due Fri., 5/29 Review for exam: Consult BlackBaud Prepare any questions for class discussion Expansion of France From Renaissance to Revolution Expansion of France From Renaissance to Revolution

17. Images of Absolutism

18. Louis’ signature Louis as Roman Emperor