World History Chapter 18 Lesson 5

King Louis XIV:

French Monarchy

Chapter 18 Lesson 5

​Look at the next slide. Decide what you think for what the buildings were used.

Open Ended

What is your answer? What do you think the purpose of the buildings were?

The Sun King

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Across the English
Channel…

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Louis XIII, a terrible king,
dies

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His son takes over

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1643 Louis XIV at the age
of 5 became king of
France.

Who helped the young king rule?

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advisor - someone who gives advice

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cardinal - an official in the Catholic Church

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His dad, Louis XIII, had relied a lot on his advisor,
Cardinal Richelieu, to help him run his country

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Cardinal Richelieu was against democracy

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France became powerful country

Who helped the young king rule?

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While Louis XIV (14th) was young, Cardinal

Mazarin, a Catholic church official, helped him

rule the country.

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eventually Mazarin died

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Louis was 23 and ready to rule alone

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Louis XIV ruled for 54 years

What problems did Louis XIV face?

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Louis had a hard
time collecting taxes.

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Each noble had his
own army and could
fight against Louis.

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He could not do
anything about it

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Nobles paid Louis
very little
attention.

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France did not
have a central or
main government
more powerful
than the nobles.

Open Ended

Name one problem that Louis XIV faced?

How did Louis centralize France’s
government?

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Running the country, there
was really was only Louis
and the nobles

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There was no main
government

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so…Louis knew he needed to
change that

How did Louis centralize France’s
government?

● Louis began to bring all the power together

into one government that he could control

● He wanted to force the nobles to obey his

wishes.

● He appointed officials to collect taxes

● He reorganized the French army- to fight for

him

What other things did Louis XIV do as

king?

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Built a second palace: Versailles, which was 10
miles away from Paris.

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Fought many wars to get more land.

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Emptied the French treasury= spent all the $$

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Made the taxpayers suffer

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built beautiful churches

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the arts and music spread

Versailles

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Has over 2,300 rooms.

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The Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles contains
a total of 357 mirrors.

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Versailles' price tag ranges anywhere from two billion
dollars (in 1994 USD) all the way up to a maximum cost
of $299,520,000,000!

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Versailles’ gardens had 400 sculptures, 1,400 fountains
and covered more than 30,000 acres.

Louis XIV, the Sun King

Palace of Versailles

The young king

Absolute monarchy

A royal art-lover

“L’etat c’est moi.”

—Louis XIV a.k.a. The Sun King