AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643-1715 (A-level only) November 2021 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 the causes of tension in Europe in the years 1688/89.

‘Colbert’s financial and economic reforms, in the years 1665 to 1672, were successful.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘It was desire for glory which led Louis XIV to go to war with the Dutch Republic in 1672.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did Louis XIV’s decision to revoke the Edict of Nantes weaken France at home and abroad, in the years 1685 to 1695?