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Louis XIV
Dubbs WorldHERSHEY BROWN
HOW WAS LOUIS XIV AN ABSOLUTE RULER?
Essential Question:
Cardinal Mazarin
• Ruled as regent for Louis XIV early-on
• Died when Louis was Twenty-Two
Leo
Impact of Louis XIV• The Real purpose of Versailles
Caging the Nobility(Serves as a way to centralize royal power, and remember, he was “The Sun King”
• Expanded French Territory with numerous wars– Premier power in Europe
• Ruled for 72 years; never called Estates General (Legislative Branch) into session
Revoking the Edict of Nantes
•1685•Forbade Protestant Worship•Banished Protestant Ministers
•What’re you going to do if you’re a Huguenot?
THE ENDIt’s…