Primary Sources on French Absolutism

Please read each of the following and be ready to discuss on Monday.

Jean Domat (1625-1696): 

On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy: 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1687domat.html

Cardinal Richelieu, Political Testament: http://history.hanover.edu/texts/richelie.htm

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, October 22, 1685: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1685revocation.html

Duc de Saint-Simon: The Court of Louis XIV: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/17stsimon.html

The Duchess of Orleans: Versailles Etiquette, 1704: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1704duchess.html