Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 17, Lesson 1: The French Monarchy (pp. 452-456)
I. Religious Wars Divide France
B. Henry of Navarre changed religions several times.
C. The Edict of Nantes gave Protestants the same civil rights as Catholics.
II. Cardinal Richelieu Builds the Monarchy
B. Richelieu stopped threats to the king's power from nobles and Huguenots.
C. Richelieu waged war on Catholic Spain.
B. Louis XIV undercut the power of his nobles and outlawed the Huguenots.
C. Louis XIV taxed the peasants to pay for wars.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. French monarchs faced religious wars between Catholics and Protestants.
A. From 1624 to 1642, Cardinal Richelieu ruled France for Louis XIII.
III. Louis XIV Reigns Supreme
A. Louis XIV, an absolute monarch, believed he ruled by divine right.
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