Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World

French Absolutism: 1589-1715 (1x10)

Air date: Jan 01, 2006

Following the disasters of the Wars of Religion, the monarchies of Europe experience a crisis of authority. The French response—ultimately perfected by Louis XIV—of an absolutism that makes the king a virtual god on Earth becomes an object of envy and imitation for nearly every monarchy on the continent.