Observation: Bossuet warns kings that they will be judged by God for how they use their power

Interpretation: This shows that although kings had power, they were still expected to rule with their power responsibly escpecially with the religious standards they were being held up to.

Connection: This connects to the tertiary sourse, which explains that absolutist ideology still made a moral and ethical responsibility, even though political authority was the main rule.

Consequence: When abusing the power that they have, there are consequences that can take place if rulers failed to live up to moral and religious expecations.

Observation: The author says that the king represents everything and multiple, and is not just one thing.

Interpretation: It says that political power was centralized in the monarch and that citizens were expected to see the king as a ruler or leader as something they would be able to look up to as a nation

Connection: This connects to the visual source of Versailles, which shows how Louis XIV used symbolism and scale to represent himself as the center of the French state

Continuity: This shows the continuation of centralized authority in France as monarchs worked to control people in the area and government.

Observation: Bossuet says that the king is sacred and that harming or going against him is considered a crime.

Interpretation: This shows that people who beleived in divine rights from their God saw opposing the king as morally and religiously wrong, but not politically illegal.

Connection: I think this connects to the tertiary source, which says that absolutist rulers justified their authority by saying that it was directly in line with God, in order to prevent people from rebelling.

Cause: The belief was that the king was sacred and helped cause obedience throughout the population and caused people to less likely act out against authority.

Observation: Bossuet says that the Royal power is absolute and that the king doesn't answer to anyone on earth

Interpretation: This shows that people who may have supported absolutionism believed the king should not be limited by institutions like parliaments or assemblies, because his authority came from God, so that should be who is asked upon.

Connection: This connects to the tertiary source, which says that French absolutism places all political authority in the hands of the monarch.

Context: When you understand the contect of 17th century France it helps understand and interpret how these arguments were played out, since some monarchs were trying to justify centralized power and prevent changed to their rule.