Reign of King Louis XIV of France (1 janv. 1643 – 31 déc. 1715)
Description:
Absolutist Monarchy
- divine right to rule (God sent me to rule)
- weak nobility
- big bureaucracy/ big armies
- landed fiscal military states (take taxes and make army more powerful)
- Declared that he was the state
- 1670s: built palace in Versaille, and in 1680s, he moved his court there
- surrounded himself with splendor and provided nobility with luxurious accommodations and endless entertainment in exchange for absolute rule
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