Wynter Ransom LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE
MAP OF FRANCE
PRIMARY SOURCE “It is legal because I wish it.”
INTERPRETATION Louis thinks because he is the king what ever he says goes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Social: He built fortresses around the country that kept France's borders inviolate (safe) for a century. Economic: He reduced population pressure in France by the bloodletting in his endless wars. Louis's desire for power led to a series of wars that lasted for many years and extended the boundaries of France Political: By these means he became one of French history's most powerful monarchs and consolidated a system of absolute power rule in France that endured until the French Revolution. He protected his people and that made him a great king.
LOUIS THE 14 TH BUILT THE “VERSAILLES PALACE” FOR ALL OF THE POLITICAL DECISIONS, PASS LAWS AND TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM THE MOBS OF PARIS.
SOURCES ttp://edtech2.boisestate.edu/lockwoodm/FrenchRev/louis_xiv.htm ://en.wikipedia.orghttp/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France