Louis XIV's Domestic Policy as a Clergy

Louis XIV donminated central government of France, and hired a handful of ministers to help him. Louis perferred working with middle class men, because he found that he could relate to them more. In his policy, he emphasized the importance of sound communication policy and overseas trade. More tax revenue was raised, and though this helped the economy, the lower classes, including the clergy, suffered for it.
Those who could afford the tax revenue paid the least after out-dated tax clauses and posts were bought by the wealthy. As a result, the lower classes, such as the peasants and the clergy, were heavily taxed. Clergy was left with barely any goods to buy because they had to pay such heavy taxes with such a low income job. Both Louis and Colbert, one of Louis's consultants, decreased the number of clergies. The clergy found this unjust.

Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was the result of constant conflicts, including religious tension, regionalism verses centralizing force, and dynastic strategic between rulers.

Drastic tension began when James I raised revenue by custom duties granted to the monarch of life, wardship, and the sale of monopolies. This caused tension between the Crown and the Parliament, because the revenue resulted in growing financial strain of foreign policy. After James I came Charles I, and Parliament issued the the Petition of Right, which protested Charles's financial policies and arbitrary imprisonment. As a result of the petition, Charles got rid of the Parliament. The Parliament and the public became unified in their opinion of the king, when it was rumored that Charles was playing to use Irish soldiers against English subjects. Shortly after this, Charles withdrew as king and started an army, beginning the Thirty Years' War.

The Thirty Years' War was ended by the signing of the Peace of Westphalia, which recognized Calvinism as a tolerated religion within the empire, and that all subjects must follow their rulers' faith. States within the empire would henceforth be virtually autonomous, and each state of empire would conduct its own foreign policy.