Louis XIV created a bureaucracy, which was an organization with administrators and non-elective government officials that were assigned fixed rules and tasks. The ministers could not make their own decisions but could only follow directions of the king. This also led to a more efficient way of taxation and the bureaucracy was one of the major keys to his huge accomplishments. With the abundant amount of money Louis XIV had, he glorified his monarchy by using arts and design. Louis XIV ordered paintings that showed his wealth and luxury.
The debt of King Louis XIV was very troublesome. It caused his once powerful and rich kingdom, to plummet. The article Memoir of the Reign of Louis XIV, by the Duke of Saint – Simon: Louis de Rouvry, states, “He wished to reign by himself. His jealousy on this point unceasingly became weakness . . . He liked nobody to be in any way superior to him.”
His son kept the Empire going without any further trouble, unlike Louis XIV’s children. Therefore, the absolutist reign can either end in ruin or further expansion. The way Louis XIV responded to the challenges of his state led him to lead France straight into debt. However, Frederick William’s patience and relentless taxing allowed for a better outcome when it came time that he fixed the issues within his state. This allowed for a better future and and ensured pathway to success for the empire of Prussia.
In the 17th century France, the royal power split, the noblest had their own power and land. Moreover, France was in in heavy debt. In order to consolidate the royal power, Louis XIV set off a reform. During his reign, he made France the top fashion country and the most powerful country in Europe. The Sun King packed himself in a modest fashion and stylish to create divine right granted.
These projects not only improved their city, but it also gave people jobs to do. Louis also put in place many programs to improve quality of life in France. Louis established centers for both arts and sciences because he did appreciate those things. One of Louis’ most famous projects was the Palace of Versailles. The Palace of Versailles became know as a symbol for both power and glory.
The Notorious King Louis XVI Chapin, Engel US/VA History 9/24/16 King Louis XVI King Louis XVI greatly impacted and influenced the French Revolution. He had also changed the course of history for the country of France. Without the French Revolution he would not have influenced people to travel to the new world and fight for the independence of America. King Louis XVI was a very influential person to his people in France during his time as king.
Since he was put into office at a very young age, people believed that Louis XIV was God given to France. So he immediately gained power from all the other groups because they believed he was special. This is how Louis XIV became a successful monarch because he was looked up to by many people in
Louis XIV made many schools for artistic studies and replaced the Italian culture with French culture. These actions were good examples of how some monarchs tried to improve the lifestyle of the peasants in their
King Louis was also spending too much money on the military instead of the French citizens In France, there were three estates. Estate is another word for social classes. The first estate is the highest class and it was made up of the
During the french revolution Louis XIV was in charge and during the russian revolution Nicholos II was in charge. Louis XIV was a bad leader because he believed in divine right. He was a strong- willed leader but he believed that he could make all of the decisions because god gave him this power and no one else could have a say. He did not take anyone's will into consideration and because of this mindset, he was selfish. He would never ask for the parliament's opinion when it came to ruling and that constantly made him fight with them, causing tension.
R.Phillips 2/2/2018 World History pt.1 King Louis XVI Louis XVI, king of France, showed up in the wrong place at a bad time and soon found himself over taking by things far out of his control. Being giving the throne in 1774, Louis inherited a throne nearly bankrupt through the great wealth of the ones before him Louis XIV and XV. After taking his place on the throne, things only got bad. The economy tumbled down (unemployment rate in Paris 1788 is estimated at 50%), Farmers crops didn’t produced as expected, the prices of goods such as bread as well as other food sky rocket. Which all these things occurring people became very unhappy.
There were restrictions on the individual rights and liberties of people living in the absolute French regime, however, the political, economic, and cultural benefits that developed from Louis XIV's absolutism justify the restrictions put on human rights in France. Louis XIV implemented several political reforms, challenging the old feudal system of government, and bringing French politics into eighteenth century. In addition to advancing political policies, French absolutism stimulated the French economy, strengthening commerce inside France, while protecting the nation from a flood of European exports. As well, supported by the absolute reign of Louis XIV, French culture rose to a new level of prominence, and French customs spread throughout
For many years he kept busy with the expansion of Versailles. He did everything he could not to deal with the third estate (the serfs and bourgeoisie) by hunting and locksmithing. After years of not paying attention to his people, the people took matters into their own hands and started a revolution to overthrow the crown. You could say that if Louis had been a better, caring King the revolution would not have happened at all. Louis took the easy way out by pacifying the crowds by saying he would agree to their demands and changed
Louis XIV was born on September 5, 1638 and he died on September 1, 1715. He was the ruler of France for seventy-two years, yet he didn’t accomplish much for the French. Starting at a young age of four, he didn’t know how to rule a country, so his ministers made the decisions for him until he was capable of doing it himself. Although his decisions were not always the best for the country and were mostly vain. An example would be when he decided to build a palace in Versailles.
On a positive note, he was an enormous patronage of various French art forms such as music, drama, literature and painting. He also established various institutions for these arts as well as the sciences, of which ended up eventually becoming the “regal tastes” of most of Europe (Schunk para. 15). Additionally, through his financial minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert and his policies, he encouraged mercantilism with overseas countries and also “reduced internal trade barriers” with the opening of roads and canals (Schunk para. 15). Finally, although most of Louis’s millitary efforts were laid to waste in “ill-advised wars,” he did increase the size of his country and made it “more territorially secure” (Schunk para. 14). Unfortunately, the negative effects of his rule outweigh the positive effects.
