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6. The Time of Regents and Monarchs
6.3 Absolutism
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6. The Time of Regents and Monarchs
6.3 Absolutism
+ disaster hits the Republic
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Louis inherited the French throne when he was only four years old.
Louis XIV (1643 - 1715)
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Louis adopted the sun symbol to show that he was God's representative on earth and that he, like the sun, was the center of the universe
the king is holy
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His most famous quote
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Louis XIV spent 40 years and used over 35,000 workers to build the sickest palace of all time 13 miles away from Paris in Versailles
The palace had over 700 rooms (and 1 toilet)
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Louis was actually a small guy (1,62 m)
But with an enormous wig and high heels he appeared to be 2,13 m
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Louis promoted red-heeled shoes as the ultimate status symbol.
For the next century, Louis’s red shoes remained a necessary finishing touch to any noble ensemble.
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Big Ego, Big Style. Now simply known as "Style Louis XIV"
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The king owned over 1,000 wigs and 413 beds!
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Besides his wife, he had 3 mistresses
at least 13 illegitimate children
and countless other lovers
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Royal intolerance
The Catholic Sun King decided that his own faith should be the only faith.
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Code Noir
This law normalised slavery,
gave free black people less rights,
and slaves had to be baptised
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France’s territory in the America was called the Louisiana Territory
In 1803 this land was sold to the United States
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Louis spent 50 years of his reign fighting wars of agression
In 1672 he invaded the Netherlands
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6.3 ABSOLUTISM
King Louis XIV (14th) of France is the best known example of an
"absolute monarch"
This means that:
The king's power was
absolute
. He could make every decision without consulting anyone.
His monarchy was
divine:
he was made king by God to carry out the will of God (so he claimed).
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Slide 18 - Video
Slide 19 - Video
go to Google Maps
search for Versailles palace
walk around and in the palace yourself (use street view)
first one inside the "hall of mirrors" wins.....
Slide 20 - Slide
VERSAILLES today...
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MERCANTILISM
Comes from the word merchant / merchandise.
What?
rules about TRADE
Who?
European countries
Why?
to make their own country rich and more powerful
How?
make sure you export (sell) more goods than you import (buy).
The
colonies
play an important role in this:
= raw materials
= manufactured goods
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Slide 24 - Video
Disaster Year 1672
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Slide 26 - Video
Disaster Year 1672
Two factions in the States General:
Orangists vs Anti-Orangists
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Disaster Year 1672
orangists vs Anti-Orangists
Stadtholder Grand Pensionary
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Disaster Year 1672
orangists vs Anti-Orangists
Stadtholder Grand Pensionary
(=military leader) (= political leader)
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Disaster Year 1672
orangists vs Anti-Orangists
Stadtholder Grand Pensionary
(=military leader) (= political leader)
Prince of Orange Johan de Witt
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Disaster Year 1672
Orangists vs Anti-Orangists
Stadtholder Grand Pensionary
(=military leader) (= political leader)
Prince of Orange Johan de Witt
Because prince William III was still very young, most power was for the Grand Pensionary.
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Disaster Year 1672
The Republic was attacked from 3 sides:
- the Germans came from the east
- the British attacked from the west
- the French invaded from the south
Only a stadtholder (general) could save the Republic now.
William III was appointed. He succesfully ended the war. Johan de Witt was murdered.
The Oranges now became more important...
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Slide 34 - Video
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