History 2403E Study Guide - Final Guide: Fronde, Heredity
27 Feb 2018
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It was important for absolute monarchs to control the nobles because of their them more loyal. Monarchs also created secret police to supress nobles: cardinal richelieu contributed to the creation of absolutism in france by local influence and their threat to national unity. They did this by creating permanent standing armies to rely less on nobility private army. As well the monarchs appointed new nobility that"s position relied on the king, making he appointed non-nobles to govern, who"s positions relied on appointment challenging and alienating the nobility. From there he created districts where not heredity, this made them more loyal to the king: the significance of the fronde was the civil wars were resulting in high taxes, which broke out between the nobles and monarchs. As well he created a uniformed religion within. France by repealing the edict of nantes and stripped the papacy of political power within france, allowing him to have religious rule as well as political.
