Peter the Great also did some things that were not so great like his ruthless torturing methods, he taxed people until they were nearly broke, he changed many Russian customs to more western european customs, and he mainly helped the wealthy people and not the lower class. Peter the Great showed himself as a monarch and did many good and bad things for Russia (Russia land of the Tsars). Louis XIV was the ruler of France and he also served as an autocrat with absolute power. Louis XIV was a strong ruler who always used a routine for the better. Louis XIV was known as the “sun King, the source of light for all his people” (Spielvogel one). Louis XIV was the center of the nation, like the sun is a center of the solar system. During the reign of …show more content…
It brought water three miles up the stream and to Louis XIV palace. It was able to transport one hundred million gallons of water a day to Louis XIV (Engineering an empire series: Louis XIV). Louis XIV strengthened bureaucracy and appointed royal officials to collect taxes, recruit new soldiers, and carry out policies (Jayne notes). Sebastien Bourbon created new war tactic for Louis XIV. It was two parallel trenches that the soldiers were in. This helped Louis XIV to expand the borders of France. In the process of all this Louis XIV was spending a lot of money and France almost went bankrupt (Engineering an empire series: Louis XIV). Many rulers challenged France, but France had become the strongest army in Europe (Jayne notes). Louis XIV did many good things during his reign like set up a successful monarch, building the Palace at Versaille, and building the best, most powerful army in Europe (Engineering an Empire Series: Louis …show more content…
Louis XIV created the Declaration of Gallican Liberties. This limited the Pope’s power to only spiritual matters. Pope Innocent XI objected this but, it did not matter. The Declaration of Gallican Liberties was not lifted until after the death of Pope Innocent XI (Spielvogel two). Louis XIV did many good things and bad things to prove he was a ruler with absolute power. Shi Huangdi, Peter the Great, and Louis XIV all had absolute power and used it mostly for the better. They all also did bad things with their power. No one who has absolute power can rule perfect. These rulers all expanded their empire, made helpful laws, and limited the power of the nobles (document one). These rulers all used their powers for the good and for the bad to show themselves as an