Louis XIV Successfully Established His Absolutism Because

question 48

Multiple Choice

Louis XIV successfully established his absolutism because

• A)the Parlement of Paris and the Estates General were rival institutions, thus dividing opposition to royal power.
• B)aristocrats and bureaucrats could be co-opted by the king.
• C)the latest revolt against the king, the Fronde, brought severe hardship to the urban population.
• D)of the support from Cardinal Mazarin.
• E)All of these.

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