Ideas from the Middle Ages continued through the rule of Henry IV and Louis XIII, which laid the foundation of absolutism. During Middle Ages, it was said that monarchs were crowned “by the grace of God” (McKay, 486). This idea was amplified by the absolutist rulers that since they were chosen by God, they only have to listen to God and not others. Although Henry IV and Louis XIII are not known as the major absolute monarch, like Louis XIV, they planted the seeds of absolutism by making France a more centralized state because they asserted their power, advocated laws, and caused the decrease of nobles’ power. King Henry IV was given a country that was in a horrible state, but he managed to revive it. France had poor crops, people were suffering