| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Henry IV | The first Bourbon monarch, he sought to limit the power of the French nobility |
| parlement | Regional courts directed by the monarch but ran by the local nobility |
| Parlement de Paris | Judicial body responsible for registering the king's decrees. Made up of the oldest and most priveleged of French nobility |
| Intendants | Civil servants, bureaucrats, who went to the pronvinces to enforce the king's will |
| nobility | Members of this social group were most often appointed to office of intendant guaranteeing their on-going influence |
| duke of Sully | Henry IV finance minister, he established governmental monopolies and paved the way for French mercantilism |
| corvee | A labor tax that created a national work force of laborers |
| canals | A system of ______________ were created to increase commerce |
| Louis XIII | heir to Henry IV |
| Medici | Italian family name of Louis XIII mother |
| Spain | The Treaty of Fountainebleu guaranteed safety with this enemy of France |
| Richelieu | Louis XIV minister, regarded as the "secret" behind French success in the 1600s |
| Protestants | Richelieu sided with this group during the 30 Years War |
| Habsburg | While staunchly Catholic, Richelieu opposed this European Catholic Family |
| Westphalia | This treaty guaranteed substantial land gains at the end of the Thirty Years War for France |
| Pyrenees | This treaty ended the religious wars with Spain in 1659 |
| Huguenots | Richelieu worked to limit the rights of this French religious group |
| Peace of Alais | Limited the Edict of Nantes by ending garrisoned cities, seperate political organizaitons, and independent law courts |
| Louis XIV | Heir to Louis XIII |
| Anne of Austria | Louis XIV mother, Louis XIII wife |
| Mazarin | Minister to Louis XIV, for a time atleast |
| Fronde | Noble rebellions against Louis XIV |
| Paris | Louis XIV was forced to flee _____________ during the fronde |
| France | Mazarin was forced to flee ______________ during the fronde |
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