AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643-1715 (A-level only) June 2022 question paper 7042/2F

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying Louis XIV’s policy of Reunions.

‘There were significant changes in Louis XIV’s religious policies in the 1670s.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Louis XIV was responsible for the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1701.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was Louis XIV’s authority in France weakened in the years 1704 to 1715?