V.4. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY TAKES CONTROL

5.4. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY CONTROLS

THE CIVIL WARS END BY ACCEPTING PROTESTANTS, THAT IS, NASCENT CAPITALISTS

(THE EDICT OF NANTES, 1598)

A stronger monarchy controls them. 

Henri IV wearing the Cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit by Frans Pourbus the Younger, toward 1600 / zoom

In brief

• Growing economies bring more active kings

• Stronger kings disperse wealth

• Detour: the French monarchy's lasting éclat

• French Baroque's sobriety 

• Defeating archaic opponents of growth

• In Spain, no civil war, no protestants, no capitalists

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Growing economies bring more active kings