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TURNING POINTS IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV (1643-1715)

TURNING POINTS IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV (1643-1715). 1648-53: The Fronde 1661: The King declares on the death of Cardinal Mazarin that he will henceforth be his own chief minister 1672-78: Franco-Dutch War 1685: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

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TURNING POINTS IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV (1643-1715)

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  1. TURNING POINTS IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV (1643-1715) 1648-53: The Fronde 1661: The King declares on the death of Cardinal Mazarin that he will henceforth be his own chief minister 1672-78: Franco-Dutch War 1685: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes 1688-97: War of the League of Augsburg (9 Years’ War) 1701-14: War of Spanish Succession (famine & bread riots in 1709/10) 1715: Death of the Sun King; succeeded by his great-grandson Louis XV

  2. Cardinal Mazarin, Anne of Austria, and King Louis XIII

  3. MAJOR UPRISINGS OF THE FRONDE, 1648-53 The movement began in Paris with a popular uprising to free judges imprisoned for questioning the legality of Mazarin’s new taxes. By 1650 the movement was dominated by princes who had quarreled with Richelieu and Mazarin.

  4. Medallion of Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661), struck around 1660; he is shown as Hercules sharing the burden of the globe with Atlas/Louis XIV

  5. The young Louis XIV, dressed as “The Sun,” dances in the “Ballet de la Nuit” (1653)

  6. Jean Nocret, “The Family of Louis XIV” (1670)

  7. Louise de la Valliere (1644-1710) and her royal children

  8. The Marquise de Montespan (1640-1707), the King’s mistress from 1667 until 1680

  9. Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1666)

  10. Pierre Patel, “View of the Chateau de Versailles” in 1668, as the King’s coach arrives

  11. Van der Meulen, “Versailles under Construction” (1669)

  12. P.D. Martin, “Chateau of Versailles,” 1722

  13. Charles Riviere, “View of the Gardens of Versailles”(and the rear of the palace)

  14. Palace of Versailles, Entrance

  15. The King’s Apartments, Palace of Versailles

  16. Palace of Versailles: The Hall of Mirrors

  17. Charles Le Brun, “Entry of Alexander into Babylon” (ca. 1664)

  18. Charles Le Brun, “The Decision of Louis XIV to Make War on the Dutch Republic in 1671” (study for the decoration of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles)

  19. Louis XIV leads his army into the Netherlands in 1672

  20. THE MODEST TERRITORIAL GAINS ACHIEVED BY LOUIS XIV

  21. Elias Hainzelmann,“Louis the Great”(engraving, 1686): Ruler of the world, protector of the Church

  22. “THE NEW MISSIONARIES, dispatched by order of Louis the Great throughout the Kingdom of France to return the heretics to the Catholic faith” (1686)

  23. William of Orange, Stadholder of the Netherlands, who landed in England with 20,000 troops in November 1688

  24. After the “Glorious Revolution,” King William III (1689-1702) and Queen Mary forged an anti-French alliance of England, the Netherlands, and Austria

  25. The expansion of Austria, Russia, and Brandenburg-Prussia around 1700

  26. Louis XIV in battle armor (1696)

  27. Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles (completed in 1710)

  28. Ceiling of the Royal Chapel: The Holy Trinity

  29. Hyacinthe Rigaud, “Louis XIV”(1701)

  30. OUTCOME OF THE WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION:Austria acquires the Spanish Netherlands (Belgium), and the Bourbons acquire Naples

  31. Louis & Antoine le Nain, “Peasant Family” (ca. 1640)

  32. Le Nain brothers, “Blacksmith at his Forge”(1640s)

  33. Le Nain brothers, “Smokers in an Interior” (1643)

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