HIST1083 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Palace Of Versailles, Fronde, Calvinism
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Issued edict of nantes: state guarantee for huguenot rights, state unity prioritized over religious, temporary end to religious wars. The monarch has absolute power over the state and his subjects. The monarch controls taxation, law and especially the military: no fair trial. Nobles are tamed king appoints his loyalists. Powerless national assembly, but had ceremonial status. New nobility starting with henry iv: nobles of the robe. Intendants: increasingly taken from nobles of robe, purpose to raise taxation, be king"s representatives, spy on old nobles. Realpolitik: shrewd foreign policy, it is better to be feared than loved. Nobles seek opportunity to smash absolutist power. The fronde: late 40s to 50s: violent war against king, alliance between elites and common people, have common enemy, distended nobles and overtaxed poor alliance, louis returns on a mission to crush nobles. Project image of power at home and abroad. Elaborate public performance of all life events. Dog room for only the favorite dogs.
