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How did Louis XIV strengthen his monarchy

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he gave middle class men jobs in government

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Louis XIV broke with tradition and astonished his court by declaring that he would rule without a chief minister. He viewed himself as the direct representative of God, endowed with a divine right to wield the absolute power of the monarchy.
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