Westren Civilization II

CAN CARDINAL RICHELIEU BE SEEN AS THE FATHER OF ABSOLUTISM? IN WHAT WAYS DID HE FOSTER THE COMING GROWTH OF FRENCH ABSOLUTISM, AND IN WHAT WAYS DID HE FAIL TO REALIZE THIS?

Introduction

Cardinal Richelieu was convinced of the power of the crown as was its predecessor, the Duc de Luynes. Richelieu served as his master - Louis XIII - well, did much to make the seventeenth century in France, a classic example of the expansion of royal absolutism at the expense of the noble power.

With success against the Huguenots for Richelieu, and the increase in the state that gave ...