3. The Estate System
First Estate: the Clergy (1% of the population)
Second Estate: the nobility (3-4% of the population)
Third Estate: everyone else
Bourgeoisie... the middle class
4. Henry VI (Henry of Navarre)
First king of the
Bourbon dynasty
6. The Duke of Sully
Mercantilism: the role of
international trade/
colonies is to make profits
for the mother county
7. Louis XIII
Age 9 at coronation
Mother and regent:
Marie de’ Medici
8. Cardinal Richelieu
Open disagreement with
the Queen Mother and
regent Louis XIII
the Intendant System
Persecution of the
Huguenots: Peace of
Alais (1629)
9. The Thirty Years’ War
France’s involvement
largely executed by
Richelieu and Louis
XIII
12. The War of the Spanish Succession
Charles the II of France
Dies in 1700, leaving no
direct heir
13.
14.
15. Treaty of Utrecht (1713)
One of the most important treaties in the 17th and 18th
centuries
Key consideration is the balance of power
Spain’s international interests were partitioned
Louis’s grandson becomes Philip V of Spain, but the
unification of the households is prohibited
16. Results of the Louis XIV Wars
French economy destroyed
20% of French subjects perish
Massive tax burden fa+s on the 3rd Estate; = massive
social tensions
