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A 3 page paper which examines the factors that led to the rise in Absolutism in France in the 17th century. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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personal assumption of power, can be divided into three major phases" which ended with the phase that brought about absolutism in France (Library of Congress, 2005). Through a great deal
of internal changes France altered and where England moved further away from absolutism that did not work for them, France moved further towards this absolute monarchy. The following paper examines
the factors that led to the rise of absolutism. Absolutism in 17th Century France As mentioned, according to the Library of
Congress (2005) there were three distinct phases that led up to absolutism in France. According to these authors, "The first, up to the death of Henry II in 1559, looked
to Italy as a land ripe for conquest and as an inspiration for Frances own Renaissance" (The Library of Congress, 2005). The second phase involved many civil wars, which were
the Wars of religion that took place while France struggled with Protestant Revolution (The Library of Congress, 2005). During the first half of the 17th century there was a
man who was one of the most instrumental in moving France towards total absolutism. That man was Cardinal Richelieu and he "orchestrated the royal governments reconquest of domestic control. The
monarchy reinforced its monitoring of printing, totally strangling the emerging press" (The Library of Congress, 2005). Even the French language was under the scrutiny of the government because of "Richelieus
overall program of state control over politics and culture" (The Library of Congress, 2005). He was a very firm believer in the power possessed by the crown and he served
Louis XIII very well and contributed a great deal in making "Seventeenth Century France a classic example of the expansion of royal absolutism at the expense of noble power" (History
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