INTRODUCTION: During a long period of religious tension between Catholics and Huguenots, French kings and their prime ministers consolidated enormous power, reducing the threat to their authority from nobles and Protestants and creating an absolute monarchy. During the 1600s, French kings held enormous power, controlling everything from court etiquette to troop movements. The power of such kings would have been unimaginable to medieval kings, who often relied on feudal contracts and loyalties.
A. Download a Venn diagram in this site http://www.superteacherstuff.com/venndiagrameditable.html and fill it -up with your answers regarding the following:
1.Difference between the two terms: "absolute monarch" and "medieval king".
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages to peasants and nobles of the two different kinds of kings? How would their individual rights be different?
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