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2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715

Gallicanism, Jansenism and the Huguenots

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Recall questions on Gallicanism, the régale and the Four Articles of 1682, the conflict with Innocent XI, the dragonnades and Huguenot flight, the Camisard revolt, Jansenism and Unigenitus, Port-Royal and Quietism.

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Key term

How did the Four Gallican Articles limit papal power within France?

Key term

What was the Camisard revolt and when did it occur?

Process

What did the Four Gallican Articles assert, and why did Louis XIV clash with the Papacy?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What is Gallicanism?

    Model answer

    The assertion that the French Church had certain liberties from papal authority and that the king had rights over Church appointments and revenues in France.

  2. 2

    What was the régale and how did Louis XIV's extension of it cause conflict?

    Model answer

    The royal right to collect revenues from vacant bishoprics and make appointments to benefices during vacancies; Louis XIV extended it to all French dioceses in 1673, provoking conflict with Pope Innocent XI.

  3. 3

    According to the Four Gallican Articles (1682), what authority did the pope have over temporal matters?

    Model answer

    None; the pope's authority was limited to spiritual matters only.

  4. 4

    What did the Four Gallican Articles assert about the relationship between general councils and the pope?

    Model answer

    That general councils were superior to the pope.

  5. 5

    According to the Four Gallican Articles, what was required for papal decisions to be valid?

    Model answer

    The consent of the Church.

  6. 6

    What was Jansenism and where was it centred?

    Model answer

    A Catholic reform movement emphasising predestination, divine grace, and austere morality, centred at the convent of Port-Royal.

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