France Under Louis XIV
pp. 148-152
I. Henry IV Restores Order
A. Religious Strife
Huguenots
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
1. Wars between Catholic majority and French Protestants (Huguenots)
2. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre – 3,000 Huguenots killed
B. Bringing Peace to a Shattered Land
Henry IV
1. Henry IV – Huguenot-born king who converted to Catholicism
2. Edict of Nantes – Granted religious toleration to the Huguenots
Edict of Nantes
Cardinal Richelieu
C. Cardinal Richelieu Strengthens the Royal Authority
1. Cardinal Richelieu
a. Chief minister to Louis XIII after Henry IV was assassinated
Louis XIII
Louis XIV
Cardinal Mazarin
b. sought to destroy the power of the Huguenots and nobles
2. Louis XIV became king at age of 5
3. Cardinal Mazarin – Louis XIV’s chief minister who was chosen by
Richelieu
II. An Absolute Monarch Rises
A. The Fronde – Uprising of nobles, merchants, peasants, and urban poor
to protest royal authority
B. Louis took full control of France after Mazarin’s death
C. “I am the State”
1.