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Louis XIV: The Sun King
The document explores the history of French kings, particularly focusing on Louis XIII and Louis XIV, and their relationships with the nobility and the Catholic Church. It highlights key events such as Louis XIII's dedication of France to the Virgin Mary and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes under Louis XIV. Overall, it emphasizes the consolidation of royal power and the establishment of a centralized state in France.
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Louis XIV: The Sun King
- 2. Weak Kings A FrenchTradition Fleur de Lis (Lily Flower) French Monarchy Symbol Image by Sodacan
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- 4. Charles VII Map Credit:Aliesin When this French flower king’s domain was overrun by the English in the fifteenth century...
- 6. France had noshortage of them!
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- 11. Louis XIII’s queen, Anneof Austria, gave birth to FOUR stillborn children.
- 12. Louis XIII dedicated Franceto the Virgin Mary in 1638.
- 13. Louis-Dieudonné the God-given This miraclebaby would bring the French monarchy to unprecedented glory.
- 14. Anne of Austriadoted over her son much more than was normal for aristocratic women of the time.
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- 16. Louis’ father died whenhe was four.
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- 19. French for “sling” Frenchnobles and Parisian townspeople rebelled against Cardinal Mazarin. Photo by whiteafrican
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- 27. Louis put thenobles in their place.
- 28. French nobles were expectedto attend to Louis regularly at his new palace at Versailles… Photo Credit: G CHP
- 29. WHO DAT? …or fall outof favor.
- 30. SWORD Nobles Old Nobility Some rightsreserved by Vasnic64
- 31. ROBE Nobles New Nobility Some rightsreserved by byronv2
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- 34. UNNECESSARY Louis never hadto convene the Estates General, the kind’s advisory representative body.
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- 36. The Estates General wouldnot convene again until 1789.
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- 38. The Code Louis Louis attemptedto standardize the laws in France, which were based on regional customs.
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- 40. 1598 Toleration for Huguenots insome French towns
- 42. Edict of Fontainebleau(1685)
- 43. Edict of Fontainebleau(1685) “We have determined that we can do nothing better, in order wholly to obliterate the memory of the troubles, the confusion, and the evils which the progress of this false religion has caused in this kingdom… than entirely to revoke the said Edict of Nantes…” Read More
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- 46. The Pope hasno power over political matters. Some rights reserved by Rene Bastiaanssen
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- 49. But above all, hewas KING Some rights reserved by jbelluch
- 50. “I am leavingyou, but the state remains forever.” -- Last Words of Louis XIV Photo by Grangeburn