HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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he actually discovered gravity
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he was convinced that the world revolved around him
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he was very intelligent
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people were trying to get jobs from him
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the start of his reign, before turning to more political allegories, Louis XIV chose the sun as his personal emblem. The sun is the symbol of Apollo, god of peace and the arts; it is also the star which gives life to all things, rising and setting with unfailing regularity.
Detailed explanation-2: -During his reign, King Louis XIV was nicknamed the ‘Sun King’, and his contemporaries saw him strongly connected with the Greek god Apollo. In astrological terms, the planets revolve around the sun, just as the French government considered France to revolve around King Louis.
Detailed explanation-3: -State control of culture reached unprecedented heights under Louis XIV, the Sun King (le Roi Soleil). Newly created academies in the arts and sciences generated heroic representations of the king that reinforced the royal religion.