DISCUSSION 15 AND 16

Discussion 15-Identify the basic causes, both political and religious, of the bitter struggles of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in France, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Netherlands. Describe the political and religious dimensions of the settlement of each of these conflicts.

Discussion 16-How did Versailles symbolize the authority of the French king and how did the Louis XIV use Versailles as a way to establish and maintain power?