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King louis xiv(the sun king) accomplished all of the following except for what?

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Well, hmm, you didn't seem to list the choices. But let's learn something together anyway! Louis XIV is an important historical figure. He was known as the Sun King because all activity in France basically revolved around him. So much so was that the case, that members of the nobility competed with each other for the right to help the king get dressed in the morning. That was one of Louis XIV's great accomplishments. To keep the ranking nobles from being a threat to his power, he lured them to come live at the glorious Versailles palace with him where he could keep them under his influence and away from their lands in the provinces. They were lavishly entertained, but lost the real power they would have had as lords governing in their provincial lands.

There's so much more we could say about Louis XIV's approach to the kingship, but time is short and this at least gives you a start to your thoughts about whatever question you were looking at in your homework pages.
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