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20 Cards in this Set
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Who was the Cardinal under Louis the XIV
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Cardinal Mazarin
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Who was Louis' mother?
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Anne of Austria
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What did Mazarin want to establish for Louis? How did he ensure this?
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Fullest inheritance of royal authority. He salted away 5 million lion livres for his personal use.
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What was the last advice Mazarin gave Louis?
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Do not appoint a cheif minister when I die
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When Mazarin died, what odd thing did Louis do and what did it signal?
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Wanted a full mourning. This symboled that he would be untried in governing and he was a supreme ruler-not to be questioned
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What did Louis first do to change the face of the French monarchy?
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Called the cheif officers ito his room and stated that he was taking over the government and would only need their advice when he asked for it
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Who did Louis target specifically at the meeting in his apartment and what did he say to him?
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Chancellour Pierre Seguier- told him not to do anything without his consent first- do nothing without my orders
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To what degree was Louis determined to run his monarchy (what mazarin taught him)
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like his divine right owed him
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What kind of men did Louis promote? Give one example and what his message was in doing so.
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Non-aristocratic men. John Baptist Colbert (economic affairs), showing that by the ranking of his men, he would not be sharing any power with the commoners
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What was the biggest symbol of Royal Absolutism?
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The Palace at Versailles
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Who designed the Gardens?
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Andre Le Notre
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What were the two architects?
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Louis le Vau and Hardouin Mansart
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How many people lived in Versailles and in what year did they move in?
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25,000 in 1689
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What was life at the palace like and what began the noble's day?
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It was strict and rigid with ritual. The petit levee(little rising)
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What went on in the rising ritual? (how many people, in what order, how mnay parties, etc, etc...)
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The 100 observers came into the King's bedroom and watched him get up and get dressed. there were 6 parties, each walked in in order of social ranking.
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What did Louis seek to acheive in the empires power?
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Have an empire like charlemagne's and assert power over the Habsburgs
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What was the first war and what happened?
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The War of Devolution. After Philip died, he made the claim his wife was the rightful heir to the Spanish Netherlands. Leopald I was persuaded to split it with him, but Charles II lived and the deal was never made.
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What was the second war and what happened?
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Louis turned his army onto the United Provinces b/c they were Calvinist-Dutch that he saw as an afront to his catholic monarchy. He was winning until Leopald and Spain entered and it ended with the Peace of Nijmegen. He gained nothing
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What was the 3rd war and what happened?
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It was the War of the League of Augsburg. He attacked Palantine in 1688 and they fought back. The League was of: Saxony, Savoy, Brandenburg, Sweden, Spain, Bavaria, the UP, and HRE. ended in Treaty of Ryswick in 1697. he only gained Alsace
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What was the last war and what happened?
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The War of spanish succession. In Belheim against Duke of Malborough. he lost- ended in the Treaty of Utrecht
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