Absolute Monarchs Vocabulary

fought against Catholics in eight wars in France between 1562 and 1598.

• Cardinal Mazarin

• Huguenots

• Cardinal Richelieu

• Michel de Montaigne

was the minister of finance under Louis XIV whose policies of mercantilism caused France's economy to grow and prosper.

• Jean Baptiste Colbert

• Louis XIV

• Henry IV (Henry of

  Navarre)

• Huguenots

was known as the Sun King.

• Cardinal Richelieu

• René Descartes

• Henry IV (Henry of Navarre)

• Louis XIV

was a Protestant prince who became a Catholic king.

• Cardinal Mazarin

• Louis XIV

• Henry IV (Henry of Navarre)

• Michel de Montaigne

was the minister to Louis XIV whose policies drove nobles to rebel against the boy king.

• René Descartes

• Cardinal Mazarin

• Jean Baptiste Colbert

• Louis XIII

was a declaration of religious tolerance issued by Henry IV and canceled by Louis XIV.

• Edict of Nantes

• Thirty Years' War

• René Descartes

• Cardinal Richelieu

was the minister to Louis XIII who took steps to strengthen the power of the monarchy at the expense of the Huguenots and the nobility.

• Louis XIII

• René Descartes

• intendants

• Jean Baptiste Colbert

became first king of the Bourbon dynasty.

• Cardinal Richelieu

• Huguenots

• Henry IV (Henry of Navarre)

• Treaty of Nijmegen

was the conflict that was waged to prevent the union of the French and Spanish thrones.

• Jean Baptiste Colbert

• Louis XIII

• War of the Spanish Succession

• René Descartes

was the king who increased the power of the intendants at the expense of the nobility.

• Michel de Montaigne

• Louis XIV

• Louis XIII

• Cardinal Richelieu