absolutism2
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A king or queen believe all power in their state is in their hands
They want to control every aspect of society Social Religion Economic Government
Belief in DIVINE RIGHT – God has created the monarchy Monarch is God’s representative on earth They answer only to God
Is it totalitarianism?
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Ideas leading to Absolutism
Conditions• Decline of feudalism• Rise of cities• Growth of national kingdoms
Conditions• Growth of middle class• Wealth from colonies• Loss of Church authority • Economic crisis
Conditions• Religious crisis• Revolts • War• To centralize authority
ABSOLUTE MONARCHS
Showing their power• Controlling ECON• Increase the size of courts
Showing their power• Regulate worship• Social “parties”
Showing their power• Create new Gov bureaucracies• Reduced power of nobles• Reduced power of representative bodies
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Ideas leading to AbsolutismConditions Conditions Conditions
ABSOLUTE MONARCHS
Showing their powerShowing their power Showing their power
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Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles
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A king's day had to be perfectly timed so that the officers serving the monarch knew exactly what they should do. The court was regulated like clockwork.
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8:30 am: 'It is time, Sire', declares the First Valet de Chambre, waking the king. The levee, or ceremonial rising, thus begins.
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Doctors, family and a few favored friends successively enter the King's Bedchamber where he is washed, combed, and -- every other day --shaven.
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The Officers of the Chamber and the Wardrobe then enter in turn for full levee, during which the king is dressed and has a breakfast of broth.
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The most important officials of the kingdom are admitted; it is estimated that the usual number of people attending numbered one hundred, all male.
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The King in his Bedchamber
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10 am: On leaving the king's apartment, a procession forms in the Hall of Mirrors. The king leads the procession of courtiers through the Grand Apartment. The public can now see the king and even petition him with a written request.
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Hall of Mirrors Grand Apartment
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In the Chapel Royal, the king occupies the tribune. Mass lasts roughly thirty minutes. The choir known as the Chapel Music, famous throughout Europe, always sings new music composed by Lully, Lalande, and others.
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11 am: Returning to his apartments, the king holds council in his cabinet. Sundays and Wednesdays are devoted to
Councils of State Tuesdays and Saturdays: finances Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays: another
Council of State, a Dispatch Council on domestic affairs, a Religious Council, or focus on the king’s building program.
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The King in Council
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Five or six ministers usually advise the monarch who speaks little, listens a great deal, and always decides.
Minister of Finance Colbert
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1 pm: The king dines alone in his bed-chamber, at a table facing the windows. This meal is theoretically private, but Louis XIV admits the men at court, making attendance similar to the levee.
Oyster Lunch
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2 pm: The king always announces the afternoon program in the morning.
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If he has decided on a promenade, it might be taken on foot in the gardens or in a carriage with ladies.
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Hunting activities, the Bourbons' favorite pastime, will take place on the grounds or in the surrounding forests.
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The King Hunting
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6 pm: Louis XIV often allows his son to preside over the private social gatherings known as soirées d'appartement.
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The king himself might sign the many letters prepared by his secretary…
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10 pm: A crowd fills the ante-chamber of the King's Suite to witness this public supper. The king is joined at table by the princes and princesses of the royal family.
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Once the meal is over, the king retires to his cabinet where he can indulge in conversation with his close acquaintances.
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11.30 pm: The couchee, or public ritual of retiring, is a reverse, shortened version of the levee.
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2,000 acres of grounds 12 miles of roads 27 miles of trellises 200,000 trees 210,000 flowers planted
every year 80 miles of rows of trees
55 acres: surface area of the Grand Canal
3.3 miles: perimeter of the Grand Canal
12 miles of enclosing walls 50 fountains 620 fountain nozzles 21 miles of water conduits
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2-3 Billion in today’s money
3,600 cubic meters per hour: water consumed during Full Play of Fountains
26 acres of roof 51,210 square meters of
floors 2,153 windows 700 rooms 67 staircases
6,000 paintings 1,500 drawings and
15,000 engravings 2,100 sculptures 5,000 items of furniture
and objects d'art 150 varieties of apple and
peach trees in the Vegetable Garden
15,000 acres of gardens 1400 fountains
Facts About Versailles
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It took so much water to run all the fountains at the same time that they were usually only run at once during special occasions
Some days when Louis was walking the gardens of Versailles, fountain guards were ordered to whistle when Louis approached, so that the fountains could be fully turned on and then off when he completely passed by them.