The Tragedy Of Louis And Louis

History remembers Louis XIV as a great patron of the arts, for his work as ballet dancer and for his relationship with artists like Moliere. History also remembers him for his political savvy, his ability to consolidate his power and pioneer political absolutism; however, often, history fails to recognize the essential linkage between these two seemingly distinct worlds that Louis inhabited, the artistic and the political. In fact, Louis’ experiences growing up taught him both the inherent adoration and worship given to the French king and the consequences if he did not fully exploit that power but rather allowed it to become diluted. As he came of age and fully took on the role of the king, Louis harnessed the divinity and clout of his position to consolidate his power by expertly playing the role of the king--as if he were an actor upon a stage--and then by using spectacle and theatricality to not only reinforce that role but also to diminish the power of his nobles.

When he was nearly five years old, King Louis XIV acquired the throne of France, one of the most powerful states in Europe at the time, although Louis’ intention was to expand this supremacy further than any antecedent king had before. Directed by Cardinal Mazarin for the first 18 years of his rule, King Louis XIV developed an affinity for absolutism early on, a form which he would pursue in almost every aspect of his life, begetting consequences that both harmed and benefited him. His title as “The Sun King” became synonymous with autocrat, especially when Cardinal Mazarin died, leaving a young Louis with the reigns to France. Over the span of his 72-year reign, King Louis XIV brought about governmental reform, triumphed in wars, and established his royal estate Versailles, each of which, among others, provided their own challenges and defined Louis’ reign and character as perceived by those around him and abroad. Every aspect of Louis’ rule has been interpreted deeply, exposing faults in some while revealing strengths in others, creating an imbalance of accomplishment which has produced debate over Louis’ overall success in his role as the King of France. However, King Louis XIV’s susceptibility to flattery and immoral persuasion, paired with his personal motivations and immoral decision-making, deem him an inadequately educated monarch who fell vastly short of ideal, for the entirety of his monarchy ultimately left France deprived of resources and its people impoverished.

“Right sorry, babies. Even more reason I can’t be too stressed out. I told you I have a lot going on…” Louis stops mid-sentence. “How did you know I was having twins?” Louis gets up, backing away from Harry, genuinely creeped out. He remembers Zayn saying something about pepper spray in one of the kitchen drawers.

Colonel Lambert and his men were feeling a bit train fever they had been cooped up for days on the train. They had been moving slowly through northern Virginia the tracks had been blocked, removed or even destroyed purposely. The only reason people had blocked the tracks was because for some reason camps had built up around them, perhaps because they were open areas that had already been cleared. Maybe because it brought back memories of another time but people built camps right over them. People were surprised to see the huge black behemoth in same cases barreling down on them, one of the reasons they had slowed down a bit. There was one instance where they had plowed through one camp in the middle of the night, damn near killed everyone and those that survived needless to say weren’t happy, they kept moving.

Louis VII was a Capetian King of the Franks from 1137 until his death. He was the son and successor of King Louis IV of France, or most commonly known as Louis the Fat. He was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe.

From birth, Louis XVI was graced with opulent riches. He was born in the Palace of Versailles, the palace known for the immense debt they were originally put into. He had a difficult childhood as he was the second son, and all attention was on his older brother, thought to

King Louis XIV believed that state authority rested in him alone. Therefore, he used the following methods to secure his position as absolute ruler. Louis manipulated those who attended his court through the use of strategically granting presents, honorable distinctions, highly favored positions, financial allowances, as well as threat of punishment if not pleased with any individual. Louis made his courtiers so dependent on him that aristocrats trampled one another so to be the ‘one’ to garner Louis’ attention and pleasure. Dignitaries fought to be seated closer to Louis, nobles wrangled for the right to hold as he got dressed, his mistresses did whatever was necessary to please their king. How one behaved, spoke, their mannerisms, their clothing…all these were keenly observed by the king and could change at any moment which kept his courtiers on their toes. A lapse in etiquette surely meant doom for the offender as nobody

Louis did many things to assert his power. Firstly, he limited the noble's power by keeping them busy in court so they weren’t involved in day to day affairs. He got rid of

After speaking with my grandma about Saint Louis in the past I got a sense that things did change from her time. My grandma use to live in the city for quit sometime. Back then the city was full of life, there were things you could do with your family and stay safe. She moved here when she was 15 from Mississippi to St. Louis Missouri in order to get a better life. When my grandma move here being a person of color she still wasn’t able to go to places because of the color of here skin. An example of this is that she had to move with people of the same skin color. I believe she move into the apartments that was meant to houses lower income people. I kind of wonder what people were thinking when they decide to hate someone simply because of a

It seemed just like yesterday, back in the glory days. Back then, nearly two decades ago, life in the Saint Louis area was perfect. Unlike today where Saint Louis is known for its crime and violence, years ago conditions were different, the talk of the town used to be about the Cardinals baseball team, they were once the pride and joy of the city. Constantly in the news after win after win. For example, on this particular day on September 8th, 1998, a night that no Cardinal fan would dare to forget, marks a historic day that is best remembered for being a celebration. What started off like any other ordinary day, turned into an overwhelming thrill of excitement. On this day, Mark McGwire broke the home run record. Who would 've thought

From the age of six, Louis had problems with the parlement of Paris; their ambition to restrict the Sun King’s power, along with the commoner’s loathe of Cardinal Mazarin’s taxes, instigated uprisings known as the Fronde. Afterwards Louis seldomly went back to Paris and silenced much of the parlement's authority. In constant fear of others compromising his authority, Louis compelled aristocrats to live at Versailles where he could constantly keep them occupied. In addition to practically forcing them to live with him he then obliged them to pay him rent, which caused them to go bankrupt. Louis stripped the aristocracy of all they drew their pride from, making them both detest him and

King Louis XVI was king from 1774 until 1792. King Louis XVI became king due to his father death 1765. He was the last Bourbon family member to be king. In 1770, King Louis XVI married Marie-Antoinette. King Louis XVI was born August 23, 1754, in the castle of Versailles. His birth name was Louis Auguste de France. He was son of Louis, Dauphin of France and grandson of Louis XV. His mother was Marie-Josephe of Saxony. She was the daughter of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony who is also the King of Poland. Louis Auguste grew up very healthy and strong, he was also very shy. He was educated by a French nobleman and study religion and humanities. He surpassed in many different subjects such as Latin, history, geography, and astronomy. He also achieved fluency in Italian and English. With him being so

Charles LeBrun, court painter of Louis XIV, was influenced by human expressions and the idea that you can not understand human experience from far away. Because of this, LeBrun’s works depicted the face in great detail in order to ensure the “legibility of the body.” LeBrun’s fascination with the face and its expressions can be traced back to his ideas on the correlation between feelings and the pineal gland. The strong emphasis of exaggerated facial emotions is what gave LeBrun’s paintings meaning. This is best seen in his painting “Alexander with the Queens of Persia.” Each of the characters’ faces and expressions allow the viewer to decipher what each character is feeling, their ethnicity, and which one is Alexander. Lebrun painted during

Based of the predictions I had made, it showed Louis XIV not guilty of most of his charges except the Living of an Extravagant Lifestyle. Though I would like to continue to agree to this, based off the many strong and extremely persuasive arguments against the Third Estate Member and the Unnecessary war of Expansions, I had to think otherwise. I believe that through the trial, I was able to gain a perspective of how certain actions of Louis XIV were considerably wrong in the matter that he wasn’t thinking of whether this would benefit or ruin his own people. And though we may have been a king to glorify France in so many ways through it being an international influence, having dominance in Europe and even expanding its own borders it never

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