Notes for Civ 2
Henry IV. (1589-1610)
He was assassinated by a Catholic
Was a Huguenots (calvinist)
James 1:8. Double minded main
Matthew 16:26. Gain whole world and lose soul
Advisor was de sulle
Cardinal Rochelieu
Chief council to Louis XIII (1614-43)
Great cardinal
Real ruler of France
Founded French absolute monarchy
Raison d'état - "reason of the state"
The good of the state is the supreme good
"Man is immortal, salvation is hereafter; the state has no immorality, it's salvation is now or never"
Objectives for Richelieu
Destroy the power of the Huguenots (French Protestants)
Crush the great nobles
Intendants
Crown-appointed commoners who were an affront to the proud nobility. The nobility lost their power to these hired bureaucrats
Exclude the Habsburg's (Austrian Catholics) from French internal politics
Guilin Mazzarini
"Mazarin" - Chief Minister (Louis XIV 1643-1715)
Trained by Richeleiu
Increased taxes to continue war with Spain
Hated because he was Italian
Fronde
A children's game in Paris - throwing dirt at passing coaches
A disorganized rebellion against the monarchy prior to 1789
Bosons legacy
By 1659, Mazarin defeats the Spanish
Louis XIV marries the daughter of Philip IV of Spain
France becomes the leading power on Europe
In 1661, Mazarin dies
Louis XIV announces he will be his own first minister and will rule as Absolute Monarch England (1603-1660)
A different conception of sovereignty
While France pursued absolute monarchy, England was developing a constitutional monarchy.
House of Commons
The Lower House
Represented the landed gentry of the countryside and the richer merchants if the towns
Paid bureaucrats
More unity between classes
Tudors
The Tudor line ended with Queen Elizabeth I
James I, son of Mary of Scotland, became first king of the Steward line
James I
King of Scotland and of England - Protestant
1611 KJV Bible
Weak politician
Struggled against Parliament over religion, money and foreign
He was assassinated by a Catholic
Was a Huguenots (calvinist)
James 1:8. Double minded main
Matthew 16:26. Gain whole world and lose soul
Advisor was de sulle
Cardinal Rochelieu
Chief council to Louis XIII (1614-43)
Great cardinal
Real ruler of France
Founded French absolute monarchy
Raison d'état - "reason of the state"
The good of the state is the supreme good
"Man is immortal, salvation is hereafter; the state has no immorality, it's salvation is now or never"
Objectives for Richelieu
Destroy the power of the Huguenots (French Protestants)
Crush the great nobles
Intendants
Crown-appointed commoners who were an affront to the proud nobility. The nobility lost their power to these hired bureaucrats
Exclude the Habsburg's (Austrian Catholics) from French internal politics
Guilin Mazzarini
"Mazarin" - Chief Minister (Louis XIV 1643-1715)
Trained by Richeleiu
Increased taxes to continue war with Spain
Hated because he was Italian
Fronde
A children's game in Paris - throwing dirt at passing coaches
A disorganized rebellion against the monarchy prior to 1789
Bosons legacy
By 1659, Mazarin defeats the Spanish
Louis XIV marries the daughter of Philip IV of Spain
France becomes the leading power on Europe
In 1661, Mazarin dies
Louis XIV announces he will be his own first minister and will rule as Absolute Monarch England (1603-1660)
A different conception of sovereignty
While France pursued absolute monarchy, England was developing a constitutional monarchy.
House of Commons
The Lower House
Represented the landed gentry of the countryside and the richer merchants if the towns
Paid bureaucrats
More unity between classes
Tudors
The Tudor line ended with Queen Elizabeth I
James I, son of Mary of Scotland, became first king of the Steward line
James I
King of Scotland and of England - Protestant
1611 KJV Bible
Weak politician
Struggled against Parliament over religion, money and foreign