IN CONTEXT
Absolutist France
1624–1642 Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII’s chief minister, reforms and strengthens central administration.
1643–1661 Louis’s mother, ruling on his behalf, helps to consolidate royal power.
1648–1653 Nobles revolt against royal authority in a conflict called the Fronde.
1685 Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, which had granted Huguenots the right to practice their religion.
1701–1714 The War of the Spanish Succession severely strains French resources.
1789 The French Revolution removes King Louis XVI and ends absolutist royal power in France.
On the death of his chief minister Cardinal Mazzarin, the 23-year-old ...
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