Versailles was certainly the shooting star in French history. Louis XIV‚ the sun king wanted to build a grand place to escape Parisian mobs and to keep an eye out on his scheming nobles. When his chief minister Cardinal Mazarin died in 1661‚ the 22-year old was prepared to show his kingdom his power. However‚ in exceptionally bad timing‚ his finance minister‚ Nicolas Fouquet‚ had finished his new palace‚ Vaux-le-Vicomte‚ and invited Louis XIV to his new palace for a weekend of extravagant entertainment
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Europe form the 1500’s until the 1700’s‚ some of the most notable autocrats were Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth I of England‚ Philip II of Spain‚ Charles V of the holy Roman Empire‚ and Shin Huangdi Of China. Peter the Great of Russia and King Louis XIV of France are two of the most famous autocrats that ever lived because they made their nation more powerful and advance than before. Peter the Great was one of the greatest reformers in Russian history bringing about dramatic change in values and
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the biggest accomplishment was the establishment of the French marines. Since Louis XIV spends most of his wealth on the wars‚ French economy was falling down. By working with Louis XIV‚ Colbert tried to build up the economic strength of France by creating and protecting French industries‚ encouraging exports‚ and restricting import such as luxury goal. His exported more goods in different countries to gain profit. Louis XIV did not like the idea of importing goods because this would have affected the
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toward a more powerful Parliament. In France‚ the opposite was happening as Louis XIV strengthened his own office while weakening the general assembly of France‚ the Estates General. Absolutism‚ the political situation in which a monarch controls all aspects of government with no checks or balances‚ had been introduced in England by James I and Charles I‚ but never quite took hold. In France‚ on the other hand‚ Louis XIV took absolutism to extremes‚ claiming to be a servant of God (the "divine right
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absolutism that made it justifiable at all. In the time of Louis XIV absolutism was justified by divine right and that‚ especially in the very Catholic French empire‚ made it acceptable to most people. There were many positive outcomes for absolutist France‚ such as the creation of a strong standing army and the unity and stability provided by a strong monarch . The previously unheard of sense of nationhood and pride felt throughout France during Louis XIV’s reign was another positive result. Even the banishment
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a lot of their power due to Louis XIV and his predecessors; also‚ in Eastern Europe‚ rulers such as Frederick William of Prussia changed the status of the nobility with his polices. In France‚ starting with Henry IV‚ the status of nobility started to fall when Henry started the idea of "nobles of the robe" in which middle class citizens could buy nobility from the king. This diluted the nobles‚ which weakened their power and hurt them considerably. Louis XIII and his son continued this
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mightier parliament instead. The opposite was occurring in France as Louis XIV strengthened his own office while weakening the general assembly of France‚ the Estates General. Absolutism‚ the political situation in which a monarch controls makes all political‚ social‚ economic‚ and cultural decisions in a government without checks or balances‚ had been introduced by Charles I and James I. However‚ it never took hold. In France‚ Louis XIV took absolutism to extremes‚ claiming to be a servant of God. A
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relationships between Louis the Fourteenth‚ Jean-Baptiste Lully and Moliere. This relationship between these important figures of 17th century can also be delineated as the connection between the political power‚ music and theatre. Before emphasizing the interaction among them‚ it might be illuminating to specify their backgrounds in order to gain an insight about their relations. Following‚ I am going to specify on their relationships and their influences on French music and theatre. Louis the 14th‚ who
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can question God? King Louis XIV was the most influential towards divine rights. He expected to be treated like a god because he was His representative on earth. Louis XIV was supported by Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet‚ who was the leader of French Catholicism in the seventeenth century. He used examples from the New Testament of rulers who were only answerable to God. Popes had insisted since the medieval times that they could only be judged by God. Bossuet and Louis XIV then argued that only
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exist in France the government would need to control the social‚ political‚ and economical lives of all the residence of France. King Louis XIV was the closest King to obtaining absolutism‚ people considered his version of absolutism to be the best but even that could not reach the full pentacle of absolutism. During the 17th century in France the King Louis XIV ’s reign was the best example of absolutism. The social status of French culture‚ which also included language and manner was visible throughout
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