INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After Mazarin’s death in 1661, Louis XIV broke with tradition and astonished his court by declaring that he would rule without a chief minister. He viewed himself as the direct representative of God, endowed with a divine right to wield the absolute power of the monarchy.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the political doctrine of the era, France was an absolutist, divine right monarchy. It was governed by kings who considered themselves sovereign and all-powerful because their authority was drawn from God.