AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643-1715 (A-level only) June 2025 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 discontent in France towards the end of Louis XIV’s reign.

‘In the years 1643 to 1648, the Regency government in France was weakened most by its financial policies.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘France was strengthened by the Dutch War.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent were the actions of Louis XIV, from 1685, responsible for the outbreak of the Nine Years War?