“Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World” S:1 E:10 French Absolutism – 1589 – 1715

S:1 E:10 French Absolutism – 1589 – 1715 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.