Louvre- Museum Under Louis XIV (17th cent.) it housed royal artifacts. 1793 under Robespierre, it opens as a museum

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Louvre- MuseumUnder Louis XIV (17th cent.) it
housed royal artifacts. 1793 under Robespierre,
it opens as a museum
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Eiffel Tower- 1889 built as an entrance for the
Worlds Fair
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Moulin Rouge- cabaret built in 1899
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Cathedral of Notre Dame- Our Lady built in the
12th century. Home to events during the Age of
Louis XIV, French Revolution, and coronation of
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Damaged at times by
Radicals, Huguenots, and WWII
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Arc de Triomph 1806 under Napoleon after the
French victory at Austerlitz
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Paris The It place to be

• Many of our Founding Fathers studied abroad
  during the American Revolution in Paris
• Studies culture, music, government, architecture
  etc.
• France actually became the center of all things
  secular, and the world during the 17th Century.

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King Louis XIV- The Sun King 1643-1715
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The Rise of the Sun King

• Foundations of Absolutism in France
• Cardinal Richelieu
• Louis XIIIs chief minister helped STRENGTHEN the
  monarchy
• Did this by Controlled will of the nobles,
  executed conspirators, and controlled the
  Huguenots
• Cardinal Mazzarin
• RAN the country when Louis XIII died!
• Continued with Richelieus policies
• Nobles held MAJOR rebellions known at the Fronde-
  who were against absolute rule in France

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Achievements

• VERSAILLES PALACE
• French Culture thrived at Versailles
• Court Life
• Etiquette and manners
• Baroque Art
• Louis XIV was a patron of the Arts
• Literature, plays, music, and art thrive in
  France
• Trade/economy
• Built roads, canals, and improved trade
• Better/more products and goods for exporting
  (under Colbert)
• Army
• Well trained, vast, and powerful

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Versailles Home of the "Sun King"
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Young Louis XIV
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Louis XIV
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Louis XIV
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L etat cest moi!
ByHyacintheRigaud
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Louis XIVs Carriage
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The Bourbon Family Crest
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L ouis XIV as Apollo
by Jean Nocret, 1670
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The Sun Symbol
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Louis XIV Giani Lorenzo Bernini, 1665
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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Versailles Statistics

• 2,000 acres of grounds
• 12 miles of roads
• Cost (in todays standards- 240,000,000)
• 200,000 trees
• 210,000 flowers planted every year
• 80 miles of rows of trees
• 12 miles of enclosing walls
• 50 fountains and 620 fountain nozzles
• 21 miles of water conduits
• 26 acres of roof
• 51,210 square meters of floors
• 2,153 windows
• 700 rooms
• 67 staircases
• 6,000 paintings
• 1,500 drawings and 15,000 engravings
• 2,100 sculptures
• 5,000 items of furniture and objects d'art
• 150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the
  Vegetable Garden

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Louis XIIIs Old Chateau
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Versailles Today
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Palais de Versailles
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Palais de Versailles
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Versailles Palace,Park Side
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Garden View of Versailles
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Chateau de Versailles
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Chateau de Versailles
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Versailles Northern Gardens
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Gardens at Versailles
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Chateau de Versailles Gardens
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The Orangery
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Grounds at Versailles
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Fountains, Fountains, and More Fountains!
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And More Fountains!
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And More Fountains!
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And Even More Fountains!!!
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Temple of Love
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Hall ofMirrors
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The Queens Bed
The Kings Bed
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Louis XIVs Chapel
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Louis XIVs Chapel Altarpiece
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Organ in Louis XIVs Chapel
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Louis XIVs Opera Stage
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Cabinet with Views of Versailles, 19c
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CONTROL

• CONTROL OVER HIS PEOPLE
• TAXATION
• Fell heavily upon the 3rd Estate (peasantry that
  made up 80)
• RELIGION
• Revoked Edict of Nantes (by his grandfather
  Henry IV)
• One King, One law, One faith
• Destroyed Huguenot churches and closed Protestant
  schools
• NOBLES
• Very little political power, kept them busy at
  Versailles

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Government and ruling

• Law making body, the Estates General did not meet
  
• Removed royal princes and nobles from his council
  
• Was central policy making figure
• Parlements (court of appeals) were weakened

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War

• Fought FOUR major wars
• Most important was the last one,War of Spanish
  Succession (he lost)
• Wanted Bourbon Dynasty to control Spain and
  France
• Ends with the PEACE OF UTRECHT 1713
• Balance of power in is Europe stable and peaceful
• England- gains French territory in America
• France- devastated financially, famine, new
  enemies

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Quote by Louis XIV on his deathbed.. Did he
really mean it?

• I urge you not to forget your duty to God
  remember that you owe everything to Him. Do not
  follow me in overspending. Take advice in
  everything try to find the best course and
  follow it. Lighten your peoples burden as soon
  as possible, and do what I have had the
  misfortune of not doing.