Making of EuropeMaking of Europe

AbsolutismAbsolutism

Divine Right to ruleDivine Right to rule

Power manifestedPower manifested– PoliticsPolitics– EconomyEconomy– WarWar– ReligionReligion

AbsolutismAbsolutism

Absolutism vs DemocracyAbsolutism vs Democracy– PoliticsPolitics– EconomicsEconomics– War War – ReligionReligion

AbsolutismAbsolutism

Cardinal Richelieu Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642)(1585-1642)

Establish power of the Establish power of the monarchmonarch– Bans duelingBans dueling– Bans Personal armies Bans Personal armies

and fortressesand fortresses– Thirty Years WarThirty Years War

Louis XIV (1643-1715)Louis XIV (1643-1715)

Louis XIVLouis XIV

Early LifeEarly Life

Louis XIII and Anne of Louis XIII and Anne of AustriaAustria

The FrondeThe Fronde– Civil WarCivil War

Louis XIVLouis XIV

PoliticsPolitics

Court LifeCourt Life– FashionFashion– AttendanceAttendance– IntendentsIntendents

VersaillesVersailles

Louis XIVLouis XIV

WarWar– War as a toolWar as a tool– Dutch Wars 1652-1678Dutch Wars 1652-1678– War of Devolution 1667-8War of Devolution 1667-8– Triple Alliance 1668Triple Alliance 1668– War of Grand Alliance 1688-97War of Grand Alliance 1688-97– War of Spanish Succession 1701-14War of Spanish Succession 1701-14

Louis XIVLouis XIV

War War

– UniformsUniforms

– Merit PromotionMerit Promotion

– BayonetsBayonets

Louis XIVLouis XIV

EconomicsEconomics

MercantilismMercantilism– ProtectionismProtectionism– Economic EspionageEconomic Espionage– ColoniesColonies

Jean-Baptiste ColbertJean-Baptiste Colbert

Louis XIVLouis XIV

ReligionReligion

Revocation of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes Edict of Nantes

16851685

Louis XIVLouis XIVArtArt

Louis XIVLouis XIV

Death of Louis XIVDeath of Louis XIV