Louis XIV successfully established his absolutism because
A) the Parlement of Paris and the Estates General were rival institutions, thus dividing opposition to royal power.
B) aristocrats and bureaucrats could be co-opted by the king.
C) the latest revolt against the king, the Fronde, brought severe hardship to the urban population.
D) of the support from Cardinal Mazarin.
E) All of the above.
Ans: E
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