Louis XIV (1638-1715) was king of France from 1643 to 1715. He brought the French monarchy to its peak of absolute power and made France the dominant power in Europe. His reign is also associated with...
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"I am the state." King Louis XIV was a strong and extravagant ruler who knew what had to be done to create political stability and strength in France. His abilities to manipulate the bourgeoisie and t...
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France was an absoulte monarchy ruled by Louis the XIV that was assisted by Colbert. It was an absolutist state, meaning that the authority of France was only the King's and no one else's. Colbert...
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Louis XIV was born in 1638. In the year 1661 he succeeded the regent Cardinal Mazarin. At the time he was only twenty-three. Louis applied the symbol of the sun to his reign; "the light that impar...
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Most know Louis XIV for his extravagant spending and lavish palaces but Louis XIV will always be remembered as one the greatest rulers of France. He is the model that future rulers looked to for examp...
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In history, there have been many men who have done remarkable things and have been a cause to an important event, and therefore the idea of a great men does exist. The men might have been in the rig...
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The fact itself that courtiers of Louis XIV were required to show deference and respect to him enhanced his position as Absolute Monarch. However there are many other ways in which the life of the cou...
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