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• 0:00

  Introduction to French Absolutism

• 0:31

  Overview of Topics

• 1:03

  Henry IV's Rise

• 2:04

  Henry IV's Popularity

• 3:37

  Henry IV's Assassination

• 4:09

  Cardinal Richelieu Introduction

• 5:12

  Richelieu's Goals

• 6:13

  Centralizing Government

• 7:46

  Districts and Intendants

• 8:47

  Anti-Habsburg Policy

• 9:47

  After Richelieu's Death

• 10:50

  The Fronde Uprisings

• 12:55

  Louis XIV Takes Throne

• 14:29

  Achieving Absolutism

• 15:34

  Absolutist Propaganda

• 17:38

  Palace of Versailles

• 19:41

  Versailles as Center

• 22:15

  Religious Conformity

• 24:53

  Jean-Baptiste Colbert

• 25:54

  Mercantilism Policies

• 28:59

  Financing Arts and Sciences

• 30:04

  Wars of Louis XIV

• 32:08

  War of Devolution

• 33:43

  Franco-Dutch War

• 35:46

  Nine Years' War

• 36:49

  War of Spanish Succession

• 38:52

  Philip of Anjou

• 40:23

  Grand Alliance Forms

• 41:58

  Treaty of Utrecht

• 45:38

  Legacy of Louis XIV

• 48:47

  Successors and Issues

• 50:25

  Wrapping Up Absolutism