Topkapı Palace

When I returned to the “Petit Salon”, the atmosphere was more collected. Dame Chaboix had convinced Henri de Valfort to accept to be “the 4th hand”, and they were now, playing bridge with Santéglise and Saturnin Valloix. The Baron was watching them with a detached interest. Holding a glass of cognac in his hand, he stood in front of the table, on the Dummy’s side. When he saw me enter, he put down the glass on the nearby pedestal table which occupied a corner of the room, then, he looked at his watch

• France – absolute monarchy; King Louis XIV – art benefactor; gave govt cultural role; encourage sci & standardize French; Versailles palace used to keep nobles busy socially so nobles wouldn’t bother state • Reduce internal tariffs – roadblock to trade  state-run manufacturing  mercantilism: govt encourage internal economy to enhance tax $ & limit imports unless they didn’t have much bc of enemies; encourage merchants & colonies to give raw materials & ensured selling homely goods •  Spain:

Louis XIV was able to become an absolute monarch with his strategy of impeding the power of nobles to the effect of creating more power for himself. He greatly feared another insistence of the Fronde. When taking the throne fully at the death of his Chief Minister, Mazarin, he was quoted saying, “L’état, c’est moi” or “I am the state” , expressing his need for absolute power. With this intention, Louis XIV first did not hire another Chief Minister and gave himself total control of the government

military and government. Hebuilt the Palace of Versailles, enhanced France's military, and involved most of Europe in war. King Louis had his builders construct the Palace of Versailles to stay in during hunting trips. Although many builders contributed to the palace, they could not have done it without Colbert, Le Brun, Le Vau, and Le Notre. Colbert directed the works, Le Brun and Le Vau decorated the palace, and Le Notre was the chief gardener. The area around the palace was full of animals for King Louis

Imagine it's 1834 in London and the Palace of Westminster had just caught ablaze and is burned almost to the ground by a massive fire.Now imagine yourself winning a competition and being allowed to create a master peice that would stand for years to come.Architecht Sir Charles Barry and gothic architect Augustus Pugin won the competition and got the chance to design the new Palace of Westminster.The Palace of Westminter is comonly known as the House of Parliament and holds the U.K parliament, but

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Absolutism began to sweep across Europe. Kings realized they needed to approach their rule differently in order for their kingdoms to continue to prosper. Absolute rule enabled the King to rule alone. Prior to absolute rule Kings shared their power with the government. As kings began to conform to this new way of ruling, they noticed their followers quickly multiply. Theorists like Thomas Hobbes and Jacques Benigne Bossuet justified their diverse opinions

The Absolute Authorities of King Louis XIV and Tsar Peter King Louis XIV of France and Tsar Peter of Russia were both absolute monarchs during the late 1600s and early 1700s. King Louis XIV inherited the throne from his father, King Louis XIII. King Louis XIV followed some of his father’s ideas and continued his father’s reign of absolutism. Tsar Peter the Great ruled after Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible for his abuse of authority. Tsar Peter of Russia visited France during the early years

during the 17th and 18th century. Through Louis’s absolutism he constructed an immense and gorgeous palace called the Palace of Versailles, the Palace of Versailles symbolized Louis’s unique characteristic of the Sun and showed off his supreme power including the French Empire, “he liked to be called the Sun King because of his belief that as sun, all power radiated from him.” (“The Sun.”) The Palace of Versailles also resembled the sun in such a way that it was the sun. Louis invited all the nobles

take advice from his people but King Louis XIV had the sole power to make all decisions. “I order you not to sign anything, not even a passport without my command” (Glenco 465). During the reign of King Louis XIV he made the decision to build the Palace of Versailles. Versailles was built to help King Louis XIV keep control over his government. The Royal Court of Versailles allowed the King to control his government under one roof from housing the chief offices of state to housing powerful rulers

In gaining and centralizing power, Louis XIV moved the entire French government to the city of Versailles where he built the lavish palace of Versailles. To explain, one reason for moving the government was to escape rebellion, and this idea is addressed by Will and Ariel Durant, “…he thought that the voice of the people was the voice of violence; and he did not care to subject himself