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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
Royal Authority
Sources of Royal Authority• Religious: Divine Right
Sources of Royal Authority
• Dynastic – tradition and bloodlines
Sources of Royal Authority• Theory of Absolutism• “...there is no legal authority that can delay or resist him.”
Bishop Boussuet.
Sources of Royal Authority
• Military Command
Sources of Royal Authority
New Vocab• Parlement• Estates Generale• Absolutism• Dynastic authority• Divine right• Legitimacy• Despotism• Remonstrance• Benevolence• Patriarchal authority
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