Louis Xiv Mistakes

During the Age of Absolutism, multiple nations attempted to create absolute monarchies. Some succeeded and others failed. Absolute monarchs were trying to create a government, and a nation that revolved around them. Louis XIV took this a little too literally and called himself the sun-god, the center of the universe. There are certain things that every absolute monarch must have. They must have money, their people's loyalty, and all the power centralized in them. In France, the monarchs were able to do all of those things. However, In England, the monarchs could not. In England, mistakes made by previous kings kept future ones from controlling the nobles or collecting money, while in France the monarchs were able to both control the nobles,

In France, the monarchs were able to find a way to take the power from those nobles. In England, the kings could not. In France, the nobles were controlled and were not a problem. Under the reign of King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu physically knocked down all of the nobles castles to show the immense power of the Crown and to warn future lords to never take any power away from The King. This show of power strengthened the throne and greatly helped French royal power. Furthermore, Louis XVI Built the palace of Versailles specifically to control the nobles. He had all of the nobles come and live with him. In their place, he sent his loyal workers to spread his control throughout the land. With the nobles at Versailles, all the people of France were all directly connected to their king, and he had all of their loyalty. This was a feat never accomplished in England, the nobles were never totally controlled. King John caused this problem when he lost a war against his people. Ever since then the nobles of England have been guaranteed rights and power. Without eliminating the nobles, the kings of England never had a chance at becoming absolute monarchs. As long as the nobles were around they were never able to centralize the power. Without nobles, France’s Absolute monarchy flourished, however with many powerful nobles, England's never