Louis xiv :: European Europe History

Louis xivLouis XIV gained power for himself and his national government through absolutism. one-man rule is inexhaustible power in government and society. In government to be an absolutist the king would have unlimited power in entirely forms of the government such as the legislative, judicial, executive, and revenues. As an absolutist Louis would have unlimited power in the society by entertainling the economy and church. To control the church he would follow the divine right of kings, which goes along with absolutism, and be a figure to the people that is spoken through by God. That expressive style the people would follow the king, believe what he says, and consider him sacred. Thomas Hobbes worded high hat what would happen if absolutism did not come into effect in his track record The Leviation. Louis perfected the machinery of government of which he imposed his will on France and do himself the subject of his subjects loyalty. To accomplish this he organized civil servi ces, reorganized the military, meliorate the economy, and greatly expressed his power. Louis first step was to expand the civil services. He staffed his government with men who would obey him w/out question. Instead of alter the position with nobles, he appointed advisors drawn largely from the middle class. This personal manner the people only had claim to what the king gave them and could take away. He unploughed the reins of he government firmly in his own hands and didnt permit the nobles get a chance to overpower him. He made it so that all the decisions made were his decisions. Louis proposed to expand the activities of the central government. He in behave and theory became the master of his kingdom. The number of state servants grew enormously. The amount of state servants that employ to be at 600, in the beginning of his reign, grew to 10,000. A newborn var. of royal officials appeared. They were called intendants they gathered information for the king and supervise d the enforcement of his decisions. They brought a new kind of differentiate to France. One of the most significant features of the new order was the reorganization of the French army. Michel le Tellier and his son the Marquis de Louvois were responsible for the reorganization. The twain men created not only a fighting force larger than that of any other country in Europe, but also a military establishment with a pyramidal structure of responsibility and authority.