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The following information 2 Discussion to answer:

A) 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.

B) 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?

Assignment Description:

Description of each question asnwer.

Primary postings should include either a concise summary of information from the textbook or an analysis of the topic under study. Please do not use long quotations. I will be especially impressed with postings that use materials and resources found on the textbook's website or other reliable sources. If you do use any source other that the textbook, please note within the text of your discussion posting where you got the information. 

no more than 200 per question 

Works Cited

Kagan, Donald, Steven Ozment, Frank Turner, and Alison Frank. The Western Heritage, Volume 1. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2013.