King Louis XIV’s ideology for French power and centralization‚ “one king‚ one law‚ one faith‚” was his main focus during his reign as France’s ruler. He achieved “one king” by declaring himself as the absolute ruler of France‚ “one law” by limiting the power of other governmental figures and “one faith” by uniting the French religion. As an absolutist leader‚ with a centralized government‚ his many actions (including the removal of the Edict of Nantes) made France the supreme European power‚ but
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The reign of Louis XIV is often associated with the image of an absolute monarch and a centralized regime. However‚ his desire of absolutism and indulgence of war “disturbed and harried mankind during more than fifty years of arrogant pomp” which ultimately aggravate the burden of French and lead to the overthrow of absolute monarch of France. Louis held his simple views regarding religion that catholic church is an essential tool for maintaining the control of people and that it should serve the
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King and queen. First and foremost king louis xvi is largely at fault and is a leading cause to the outbreak of the french revolution. King louis had been regarded as ‘ one of the most uninterested and uninteresting spectators of his own reign” ( pg 153)‚ Louis was reluctant with enforcing political‚ social and economic action regarding concerning the community and he showed no sign of concern with any extraneous affairs and matters that did not involve him. The king however did initially have
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King Louis XVI‚ the King of the French has been the subject of debate among the French People. This is the man whom the people trusted and believed in. They saw him as a glimmer of hope who would lead France‚ but when the King took flight from Paris it stunned the French people. They lost faith in him and from this point on things went downhill for the French Monarchy as it started to become severely limited. The history of monarchy dates back to more than several Millennia in which kings were conceived
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Once upon a time‚ long ago in France‚ lived a king‚ Louis XIV and his beautiful wife‚ Marie Antoinette. Louis received a lot of debt from previous kings‚ and borrowed a great deal of money to help the American Revolution in their war against Great Britain. Louis who wanted to help improve the lives of common people was in a tough situation‚ when banks refused to lend him more money‚ and to make matters worse‚ Marie Antoinette gave Louis poor advice‚ interfered with the government‚ and spent excessive
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Originally a hunting lodge for Louis XIII‚ Versailles is now a grand palace and a popular tourist attraction. Louis XIII’s son‚ Louis XIV‚ disliked his palace and wanted to live somewhere else. After searching‚ Louis found what he wanted‚ his father’s old cabin. He hired‚ Louis Le Vau‚ a famous architect‚ to build this humble estate of his father into a luxurious palace. Le Vau built much of the modern-day Versailles. Taking many years‚ Le Vau extended this building into a stone and brick palace
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Jones Mr. Johnson Social Studies 13 July 2011 Life of the Common People under Louis XIV’s Rule An Absolute Monarchy was a new concept to the people of France during the 1600’s. Other forms of government were failing from lack of control‚ so the people of France turned to an Absolute Monarch‚ named Louis XIV. The only problem with Louis was that he was self-centered‚ and did not care a whole lot about governing his kingdom. He was more concerned with making
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Louis XIV‚ also known as the "Sun King"‚ has been said to be the greatest ruler in all of France’s history‚ but many still accuse him of having bad aspects such as having homosexual habits‚ being anti-protestant‚ not understanding commoners‚ and following Colbert’s mercantilist principles which did not have a solid basis. There are many supporters of Louis‚ such as Pellison‚ Boussuet‚ and Mousnier‚ but also many adversaries: Leibnitz‚ Saint-Simon‚ Sorel‚ and Gooch. His rule cannot be classified as
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of France began to call her “Madame Veto” due to the fact that when King Louis XVI tried to appease the social division of the people of France by proposing reforms to end the worst excess of privilege and to impose a more progressive taxation system the clergy and nobility vetoed it. The people of France blamed it on the Queen for her persuasive ways. She sided with the pessimists of the court that were against compromising with more modest revolutionaries. She was against change in France which
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Louis XIV was able to create an absolute state in a few ways‚ one was increasing the roles of the Intendant‚ which were agents of the king. These agents traveled the countryside and made sure the king’s laws were enforced‚ and taxes were being collected. Louis didn’t raise taxes just increased the role of Intendants so they could collect taxes more efficiently. Thus increasing the tax revenue. Which he would need since he would be spending a great deal of it. One of the uses for the money was military
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