Louis XIV - Restoration Flashcards
How old was Louis XIV when he became king?
4 years, 8 mos.
What was his childhood nickname?
Fronde- (slingshot)
Louis XIV built Versailles, how did he “deactivate” the nobility?
he made them stay at his court, spending money on being fashionable and gambling, encouraging leisure activities so focus was off politics and funding any armees.
Who was Louis XIV advisor?
Jules Marazin then Colbert for 25 years
What did Louis XIV revoke in October 1685?
The Edict of Nantes which protected the Protestants rights
The Sun King
Louis XIV
Baron de Riquet planned and promoted
The Canal du Midi which joined the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
What was the purpose of Chateau at Versailles?
Make the king seem more God-like and separated nobility from commoners
1643-1715
Louis XIV, constant wars with Netherlands, Spain and England. Versailles becomes center of court life, royal academies control science, art, music, architecture and literature.
honnête homme
cultivated man
1715-1774
Louis XV, The Enlightenment
1720
Last major plague epidemic enters France through Marseilles
1756-63
7 years war- France loses Canada, India to England, lands west of Mississippi to Spain
Hobbies included making locks, masonry and hunting
Louis XVI
1774-1793 King & Queen
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette