Sun King Louis XIV: Absolutist Monarch

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Final Project: 17th Century Louis XIV- “Sun King” - Longest reigns of any European monarch - Absolutist Monarch - During his reign, France stabilized and became one of the strongest powers of Europe - France became the ideal culture since he put great care into its enhancement so he could boast it to the world. - He maintained a strong kingdom because he never doubted his right to be king - Established a court at Versailles - believed in the motto, "one king, one law, one faith." anti-Protestant policy, aimed at converting the Huguenots to Catholicism - Louis issued the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685. In addition to revoking the Edict of Nantes, the new edict provided for the destruction of Huguenot churches and the closing of their…show more content…
- 1670s, Louis claimed the regale or the right of the French king to appoint the lower clergy and collect the revenues of a diocese when it was vacant.\ - Declaration of Gallican Liberties-claimed that the pope's authority in France was limited to spiritual matters and that even in spiritual matters, the pope was subject to the decisions of a general council. Rembrandt- * Dutch Painter and Print Maker * His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age. * Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. The Night Watch (1642) Oliver Cromwell * Over through the monarchy and temporarily turned England into a Republican commonwealth, and for his rule as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. * Commander of the New Model Army which defeated the Royalists in the English Civil War. * Fought against the Royalists in Ireland and Scotland and suppressed a mutiny inspired by the
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