Which of the following was not true of the reign of louis xiv?
a.
power was stripped away from nobles and officials
c.
the economy flourished
b.
france fought in several wars
d.
he persecuted many huguenots

c.  the economy flourished

Explanation:

Louis XIV of France, king of France and of Navarre1 from May 14, 1643 until his death, with 76 years of age and 72 of reign. He was also co-Prince of Andorra (1643-1715) and rival count of Barcelona during the Catalan uprising (1643-1652) as Luis II.

Louis XIV was the eldest son and successor of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria (daughter of King Philip III of Spain). It increased the power and French influence in Europe, fighting in three great wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the Nine Years and the War of Spanish Succession. The protection of the arts exercised by the sovereign Louis XIV was another facet of his political action. The writers Moliére and Racine, the musician Lully or the painter Rigaud highlighted his glory, as well as the works of architects and sculptors. The new and magnificent Palace of Versailles, the work of Luis Le Vau, Charles Le Brun and André Le Nôtre, was the culmination of that policy. When moving the court there (1682), he moved away from the unhealthiness and intrigues of Paris, and could better control the nobility. Versailles was the perfect setting for the display of pomp and for the sacralization of the sovereign.

Louis XIV, one of the most prominent kings of French history, managed to create an absolutist and centralized regime, to the point that his reign is considered the prototype of absolute monarchy in Europe. The phrase L'État, c'est moi ("The State is I") is often attributed to him, although historians consider it a historical inaccuracy, since it is more likely that this phrase was forged by his political enemies to highlight the vision stereotyped of the political absolutism that Louis XIV represented, probably arising the quote "The good of the State constitutes the Glory of the King", taken from his Réflexions sur le métier de Roi (1679). In contrast to that apocryphal appointment, Louis XIV said before dying: Je m'en vais, mais l'État demeurera toujours ("I am leaving, but the State will always remain").

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