The Sun King

Title: The Sun King
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 470 | Pages: 2.0 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Sun King

Louis XIV, one of the best known French kings came to power when he was only four years old. Uncared for the latter part of his childhood the country started to fall because there was no one to rule it properly. The way Louis would rule the country and treat the French people was greatly shaped by the French Civil War. The Parisian Parliament’s decision to rise against the crown would have Louis running …showed first 75 words of 470 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 470 total…to be discrete. When the Protestant Reformation came to France, Louis did not understand it. So he revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had granted them freedom of worship. Many left France: those that remained were persecuted. Louis died in 1715, at the age of 77. His body was taken to the Saint-Denis basilica. He was one of the greatest and most extravagant kings to ever rule a country in Europe. His name will always be remembered.

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