Louis XIV (1 gen 1638 anni – 1 gen 1715 anni)
Descrizione:
-increased French army in size
-divine rule
-built Versailles for centralized government, nobles had to stay
-Sun King
-shared NO power with higher/middle class
-refused to meet with Estates General, uses own power
-revokes Edict of Nantes, tries to unify using Catholicism only
-forced Catholic baptism of Huguenots
-forced nobles to become his servants, etiquette rituals
-expansionist (Franche-Comte, Strasbourg, Lorraine), results in higher taxes
Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
Data:
1 gen 1638 anni
1 gen 1715 anni
~ 77 years