Louis xiv
Louis xiv - religion, finance, absolutism, versailles and foreign policy
- Created by: diane
- Created on: 12-05-12 19:11
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2. What was a success of Louis in maintaining absolute authority
- there was no challenge to authority
- Relations with the pope
- Madame de Maintenon's infuence
- had to take in moral teachings from church
- only a minority of nobles could afford to live at versailles
3. Why did Louis become involved in the War of Spanish Succession?
- Because Carlos II bequested Louis's grandson, Philippe
- He wanted to explot the situation following the dutch war
- Because he believed his wife had rights to the Spanish throne
- Because he thought he could become King of Spain
- Because the dutch didn't support Louis during the war of devolution
4. Which one of these was NOT an objective of Louis's within his foreign policy?
- to strengthen frontiers
- to gain financially
- To start a war on every country in Europe
- To gain the title 'the most christian king in europe'
- Pursuit of glory
5. Louis introduced new forms of taxation because the old was causing social tension
- True
- False
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