1641-1715 Louis XIV Louis the 14th ascended to the throne at the age of four. Jules Cardinal Mazarin served as the ruler of France until Louis came of age. However‚ after Louis came of age‚ he did not take over until Mazarin’s death in 1661. Louis believed he was a gift from God and therefore had the divine right to rule as a dictator. He considered all disobedience and rebellion to be sinful. Louis employed Jean-Baptiste Colbert as the controller general of finance in France. Colbert reconstructed
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After the death of his father‚ King Louis XIII‚ young Louis XIV inherited the throne of France at age 4 in 1643. However‚ he became king during a time in which France was unstable. For instance‚ during his early reign as king‚ young Louis was driven from his palace in Paris to another palace by the name of Saint Germain due to one of the many riots that took place during the French civil war known as the Fronde. This instance‚ proved to be one young Louis would never forget‚ as it sparked his desire
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Louis XIV the Sun King’s Absolute Rule Louis XIV is one of the most famous examples of an absolute ruler. Louis had a complete control over his country. Louis’s father had died leaving France in a civil war. Louis XIV obtained power after his father died and through hatred over the nobility that threatened his life and his mothers‚ though Cardinal Mazarin ruled until Louis XIV took power after Mazarin’s death. He vowed he would never be so weak that he could not have power. Louis XIV was
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who did not have a good reputation in the land. Because of his reign‚ he was able to collect taxes on special occasions‚ but abused this privilege by collecting taxes annually. This ruler was influenced by Louis XIV and his extremely long reign. To make a long story short‚ Louis XIV tried to have power over everything and everyone possible‚ including the clergy. Absolutism became a well-known term during this period and basically was a political theory that sought to ?encourage rulers to
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Louis XIV also known as “The Sun King” was one of the most absolute of rulers that ever ruled France. His primary goals as king were “One King‚ One Law‚ One Faith.” He achieved this in such ways; he declared himself his own prime minister “I am the state”‚ he kept the nobility in check‚ disbanded the General Assembly‚ and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. However‚ his great ambitions and lavish lifestyle would ultimately lead France into dept‚ and set the building blocks for the French Revolution
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Saimbert John HST 102-002 19 November 2014 Louis XIV Louis XIV (1638-1718)‚ known as the Sun King‚ lasted for 72 years‚ longer than that of any monarch of a major European history. In that time‚ he transformed the monarchy‚ also introduced a golden age of art and literature. He established his country as the dominant European power as well. During the final decades of Louis XIV’s rule‚ France was declined by several wars. Early life and reign of Louis XIV Louis XIV was born on September 5‚ 1638 ‚ he was
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Queen Elizabeth and King Louis XIV. Queen Elizabeth I was regin England from November 17‚1558 through March 23‚ 1603 her death. King Louis XIV reign France from 14 May 1643 to his death 1 September 1715. He reign much longer than Queen Elizabeth but they both had different styles in ruling over this country. They did however believe they got their strength and power from God. God was leading them to the right path for their country. Elizabeth I was Protestant while King Louis XIV was Catholic and they
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Louis XIV: The Greatest King of France Shadi Zaker Ms. Piperias CHY 4U1 Tuesday December 17th‚ 2013 A country like France has developed over many years and continues to flourish. French history is well known to countless people for the reason being the famous blood line of the Louis’. France had a total of seventeen King Louis that ruled France at one point. The controversy of which king was the greatest could still exist to this day. Who was the greatest king of France
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Louis XIV‚ King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715‚ had a love for the arts and a discipline for military and government actions. Due to the king’s eager enjoyment for the arts‚ the countries economics suffered greatly while the artists‚ architects‚ composers and choreographers flourished greatly monetarily.When Louis XIV had complete power and no longer ruled under a prime minister‚ in 1661‚ the military of France was now the leading power in Europe. “A weaker man‚ one less sure of his
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was exempt from being challenged. In other words‚ a monarch could‚ in theory‚ regulate various aspects of life without their authority being called into question. In France‚ absolutism is associated with the likes of Louis XIII‚ but rather more so with his descendent‚ King Louis XIV. However‚ while in theory absolutism granted the king a vast majority if the power and authority‚ it does not mean that it worked that way in practice. The king still had to answer to God. Furthermore‚ there were other
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