turning points in the reign of louis xiv (1643-1715)
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TURNING POINTS IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV (1643-1715). 1648-53: The Fronde 1661: The King declares on the death of Cardinal Mazarin that he will henceforth be his own chief minister 1672-78: Franco-Dutch War 1685: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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TURNING POINTS IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV (1643-1715)
1648-53: The Fronde
1661: The King declares on the death of Cardinal Mazarin that he will henceforth be his own chief minister
1672-78: Franco-Dutch War
1685: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
1688-97: War of the League of Augsburg (9 Years’ War)
1701-14: War of Spanish Succession (famine & bread riots in 1709/10)
1715: Death of the Sun King; succeeded by his great-grandson Louis XV
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Cardinal Mazarin, Anne of Austria, and King Louis XIII
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MAJOR UPRISINGS OF THE FRONDE, 1648-53
The movement began in Paris with a popular uprising to free judges imprisoned for questioning the legality of Mazarin’s new taxes. By 1650 the movement was dominated by princes who had quarreled with Richelieu and Mazarin.
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Medallion of Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661), struck around 1660; he is shown as Hercules sharing
the burden of the globe with Atlas/Louis XIV
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The young Louis XIV, dressed as
“The Sun,” dances in the
“Ballet de la Nuit” (1653)
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Jean Nocret, “The Family of Louis XIV” (1670)
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Louise de la Valliere (1644-1710) and her royal children
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The Marquise de Montespan
(1640-1707), the King’s
mistress from 1667 until 1680
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1666)
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Pierre Patel, “View of the Chateau de Versailles” in 1668, as the King’s coach arrives
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Van der Meulen, “Versailles under Construction” (1669)
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P.D. Martin, “Chateau of Versailles,” 1722
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Charles Riviere, “View of the Gardens of Versailles”
(and the rear of the palace)
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Palace of Versailles, Entrance
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The King’s Apartments, Palace of Versailles
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Palace of Versailles: The Hall of Mirrors
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Charles Le Brun, “Entry of Alexander into Babylon” (ca. 1664)
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Charles Le Brun, “The Decision of Louis XIV to Make War on the Dutch Republic in 1671”
(study for the decoration of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles)
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Louis XIV leads his
army into the Netherlands
in 1672
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THE MODEST TERRITORIAL GAINS ACHIEVED BY LOUIS XIV
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Elias Hainzelmann,
“Louis the Great”
(engraving, 1686): Ruler of
the world, protector of the
Church
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“THE NEW MISSIONARIES, dispatched by order of Louis the Great throughout the
Kingdom of France to return the heretics to the Catholic faith” (1686)
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William of Orange,
Stadholder of the
Netherlands, who landed in England with 20,000 troops in November
1688
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After the “Glorious
Revolution,” King William III
(1689-1702) and Queen Mary
forged an anti-French alliance of
England, the Netherlands, and
Austria
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The expansion of
Austria, Russia, and
Brandenburg-Prussia
around 1700
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Louis XIV in battle armor (1696)
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Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles (completed in 1710)
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Ceiling of the Royal Chapel: The Holy Trinity
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Hyacinthe Rigaud, “Louis XIV”
(1701)
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OUTCOME OF THE WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION:Austria acquires the Spanish Netherlands (Belgium),
and the Bourbons acquire Naples
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Louis & Antoine le Nain, “Peasant Family” (ca. 1640)
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Le Nain brothers,
“Blacksmith at his Forge”
(1640s)
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Le Nain brothers, “Smokers in an Interior” (1643)