HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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maintain control over the nobles
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force the nobles to acquire education
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limit religious influences over the nobles
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prevent the nobles from mistreating the peasants
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Detailed explanation-1: -King Louis XIV of France required all nobles to spend part of each year living in the palace of Versailles for what reason? To maintain control over the nobles. The concept of divine right was important to the absolute monarchs because it did what? Justified the king’s right to rule.
Detailed explanation-2: -Louis also managed to pacify and disempower the historically rebellious nobles, who had fomented no less than 11 civil wars in four decades, by luring them to his court and habituating them to the opulent lifestyle there.
Detailed explanation-3: -There was an extensive hierarchy of nobles at the court, all of whom were constantly trying to climb the ladder to the highest platforms next to the king. The hierarchy was a power play that king Louis XIV designed to keep the nobles distracted from conspiring against him.