Fixing France, however was going to be a long and arduous task, as the poor economic climate and eventual collapse of social order had left her a fragile and divided country. In spite of this, the new king, Henry IV, who is nowadays often considered to be one of France’s finest monarchs, managed to patch up the economy quickly, and with relative success. By the beginning of the 17th century, the economic crisis that had been causing so much worry for the people of France, was basically over, and the
This being said, it can be argued that France’s economy needed only a period of peace and reconciliation, to allow the French people to return to their businesses and bring back the productivity of pre-war years, thus repairing the economy, in a relatively easy, and short period of time. In which case, the only real role the king played in the reparation of France’s economy was that of keeping the peace, for a long enough duration to allow her financial system to return to it’s formal greatness. Therefore it’s impossible to say that France was ruined by the wars of religion, as the word “ruin” denotes an irreparable destruction that would be impossible to recover from. Yet France’s recovery was amazingly swift
This being said, it can be argued that France’s economy needed only a period of peace and reconciliation, to allow the French people to return to their businesses and bring back the productivity of pre-war years, thus repairing the economy, in a relatively easy, and short period of time. In which case, the only real role the king played in the reparation of France’s economy was that of keeping the peace, for a long enough duration to allow her financial system to return to it’s formal greatness. Therefore it’s impossible to say that France was ruined by the wars of religion, as the word “ruin” denotes an irreparable destruction that would be impossible to recover from. Yet France’s recovery was amazingly swift