Cardinal Richelieu.
In a monarchy, only the ruling monarch has that ability.
landed nobility and the church
If a man was not born into nobility, and the Monarch liked him, the Monarchy could grant him nobility status. Or, a man could buy the right to be let into nobility. Otherwise, a single man could gain the right by marrying into nobility.
They formed an alliance
Neither.... They both died out after the war
You have to raise taxes in your capital either to lower classes or nobility, then you wait 3 turns for a revolution and capture the capital and that's it. Lower classes-------Republic Middle classes------- Constitutional Monarchy Nobility------- Absolute Monarchy Note= to change to a CM you have to be a Republic and anger the middle class and then start the revolution.
The reason the founding fathers prohibited the title of nobility is a replusion for the English monarchy. Remember, they had just successfully became independent from England and King George was not exactly a celebrity.
The abolition of the privileges of the nobility, the abolition of monarchy were two main results of the early phase of the French Revolution.
Some famous leaders include Louis XIV of France, Peter the Great of Russia, Ivan the Terrible of Russia, and Frederick William I of Prussia. They controlled the nobility and they transformed their armies from an absolute monarchy.
The Magna Carta established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility.
really cool way to execute people? it has been used to execute several important members of the French Nobility and Monarchy
No, it was the French only since it was a civil war - French against French. It was mostly the poor and idealists against monarchy and the nobility.