HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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absolute monarch of France whose rule was law
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summarized English laws, defined the rights of individuals, people’s property rights could not be violated even by the king
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wrote man was not naturally good. Without a strong central authority, society would break down.
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believed governments obtain their power from the consent of the governed and people had natural rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -1638 – 1715. The reign of Louis XIV is often referred to as “Le Grand Siècle” (the Great Century), forever associated with the image of an absolute monarch and a strong, centralised state. Coming to the throne at a tender age, tutored by Cardinal Mazarin, the Sun King embodied the principles of absolutism.
Detailed explanation-2: -He was able to establish one law by establishing the Code of Louis XIV, standardizing law across France which had been based on regional customs. He also reduced the powers of the nobles, rendering them at the mercy of their kings.
Detailed explanation-3: -A decree originally passed by France’s King Louis XIV in 1685 that defined the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire, restricted the activities of free black persons, forbade the exercise of any religion other than Roman Catholicism, and ordered all Jews out of France’s colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Louis XVI came to the throne in 1774. He was an absolute monarch, which meant that he was not bound by a constitution, so had complete power. Like many other European monarchs, Louis believed his power had been given to him by God. Louis was a ‘family-man’.
Detailed explanation-5: -Son of the Duke of Burgundy and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, and great-grandson of Louis XIV, Louis XV became heir apparent upon the death of his father in 1712. He then became king in 1715 at just five years of age upon the death of Louis XIV.