2. Who was the model for kingship and absolute power in late 17th century Europe?

Identify strains on French society around and slightly before 1643.

Which individuals were highly influential at the beginning of Louis XIV’s reign?

When an individual such as Louis XIV's mother Anne of Austria rules in the place of her son she holds the title of?

Louis' mother had to move him several times to keep him safe from

In 17th century France this tax was paid over a period of nine years and allowed you to keep your job for life or even sell your job to a successor.

The officials who bought their positions via the Paulette became a powerful class of bureaucrats known as the

What Catholic movement challenged the French monarchy with its call for the purging of the self and fervent spirituality to replace the insufficient and even deluded practice of the church.

This was a series of opposition movements between 1648 and 1653 in which the old nobility and the courts violently opposed the increase in taxes.

Which of the following were challenges facing Louie XIV upon becoming King of France at age 15?

What brilliant move did Louis XIV make to control the French nobility?

Where did Louis XIV hold lavish his court?

Sponsored and sometimes starred in spectacular operas and concerts often playing the character Apolo which gained him the nickname of

"It is God who establishes kings. He vested royalty in the house of David and ordered him to cause Solomon, his son, to reign in his place. Princes thus act as ministers of God," ... "This is why we have seen that the royal throne is not the throne of a man, but the throne of God himself. To his mind, God has placed in princes something divine and in fact, princes, are Gods." This quote reflects what idea?

Though he likely never said it. Louis XIV is often associated with the phrase?

Louis XIV viewed the presence of Protestants in his realm as disorderly and sinful, causing him to revoke

This group of accomplished bureaucrats oversaw tax collections and the administrations of the various regions of the kingdom.

This influential intendant served as First Minister of State and had a lasting impact on France's politics and markets.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert was most famous for his support of what policy that saw economic development and trade as akin to war.

This 1667 to 1668 war of Louis XIV saw an end to the Franco-Dutch alliance and France gain territory to the North?

This 1672 to 1678 war of Louis XIV between France and allies of the Netherlands was the high point of French military expansion. It also saw the rise of William of Orange

This 1688–1697 war of Louis XIV between also known of the Nine Years War saw Louis much of the land won in previous conflicts

This conflict was the last of Louis XIV's wars that ended with the Treaty of Utrecht and the House of Bourbon ruling in Spain.

By the end of the reign of Louis XIV what idea had started to be questioned?