Some Things About Louis Xiv
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Louis XIV and Château de Versailles
French 1 Project:
BACKGROUND Born September 5th 1638 Died September 1st 1715 Catholic Ruled France from 1663 until his death in 1715. The longest-ruling European monarch ever, 72 years. Re-established the Bourbon Dynasty.
Government
He was an absolute monarch. ◦ Divine Right Theory of Monarchy. ◦ The most powerful person in the country.
The “Sun King” Part of his ruling strategy was to weaken the power of the Aristocratic families, hence increasing his own. Unified France.
A Separated France
The Sun King
Economics Jean-Baptiste Colbert was his Economic minister. Practiced Mercantilism in order to make France self-sufficient. Nobility didn’t have to pay taxes. Peasants had high taxes. Wanted to make Canada part of the French empire.
Wars Made a single, unified army for France that only he controlled. The League of Augsburg War. War of Spanish Succession.
The Arts
Classicism ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Nicolas Poussin Jean-Baptiste Lully Francois Couperin Marc-Antoine Charpentier Charles Le Brun
Château de Versaille The palace of Versailles Located in Versailles, a city on the outskirts of Paris. Built so that Louis XIV would be safer from enemies. Ostentatious. Awe-inspiring to foreign countries.
French 1 Project:
BACKGROUND Born September 5th 1638 Died September 1st 1715 Catholic Ruled France from 1663 until his death in 1715. The longest-ruling European monarch ever, 72 years. Re-established the Bourbon Dynasty.
Government
He was an absolute monarch. ◦ Divine Right Theory of Monarchy. ◦ The most powerful person in the country.
The “Sun King” Part of his ruling strategy was to weaken the power of the Aristocratic families, hence increasing his own. Unified France.
A Separated France
The Sun King
Economics Jean-Baptiste Colbert was his Economic minister. Practiced Mercantilism in order to make France self-sufficient. Nobility didn’t have to pay taxes. Peasants had high taxes. Wanted to make Canada part of the French empire.
Wars Made a single, unified army for France that only he controlled. The League of Augsburg War. War of Spanish Succession.
The Arts
Classicism ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Nicolas Poussin Jean-Baptiste Lully Francois Couperin Marc-Antoine Charpentier Charles Le Brun
Château de Versaille The palace of Versailles Located in Versailles, a city on the outskirts of Paris. Built so that Louis XIV would be safer from enemies. Ostentatious. Awe-inspiring to foreign countries.
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