Louis XIV by GAVIN T HURD (861) https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV A king with not a palace- but a city. en-us 2018-12-11 15:48:50 UTC 2024-11-14 06:24:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png THIS IS gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313465820 Louis XIV - Supreme absolute ruler.
Inventor and brain behind Versailles.]]> 2018-12-11 16:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313465820 THE HEAD - What was he thinking? gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313469625 He believed that he was born of God. Like other absolute rulers, he believed that he answered only to God himself, and that no one could control him- not even the church to which he belonged.]]> 2018-12-11 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313469625 THE HEART - What was he feeling? gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313469626 Louis felt that his kingdom, The Palace of Versailles, was his most prized possession, and that no one could overthrow him in his kingdom.]]> 2018-12-11 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313469626 THE HANDS - What was he doing? gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313469630 The biggest achievement that Louis had, bar none- was his expansion of the power of the central government. He made the central government bow down before him, and kept only those who he needed near him- in the main building of Versailles.]]> 2018-12-11 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313469630 THE FEET - Where was he going? gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313469635 Had it not had been for his inevitable death in 1715, Louis' kingdom would have kept growing bigger and stronger as he kept pushing for everything he wanted.]]> 2018-12-11 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313469635 THIS IS gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313477259 Versailles - Louis XIV's palace and kingdom.]]> 2018-12-11 16:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313477259 Welcome to the wall of the SUN KING - LOUIS XIV! gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313478131 Red/Pink - Indicates image posts- the main subject of the post is the image.
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ENJOY AND LEARN LOTS!]]> 2018-12-11 16:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313478131 Louis’ mother served as his regent gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313483418 2018-12-11 16:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313483418 Other than his brother Phillipe, Louis had a secret brother whom he didn't know about for decades gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313483561 2018-12-11 16:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313483561 Undercut the independent position of the nobles and turn them, particularly the richer and more powerful of them, into courtiers gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313484640 2018-12-11 16:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313484640 Increased taxes of the nobles quite often, usually to unrealistic highs gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313485224 2018-12-11 16:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313485224 Served as the longest reigning monarch of all time gavin_hurd_861 https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313485660 2018-12-11 16:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_hurd_861/louisXIV/wish/313485660