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Louis XIV was much occupied with religion and religious questions.The doctrine of the Divine right of kings succeeded in establishing itself upon the ruins of the Fronde; according to that doctrine Louis XIV had to reckon only with God, and the same doctrine served as one of the supports of the dictatorship which he pretended to exercise over the Church of France.
Although Louis may have believed in the theory of absolute monarchy and consciously fostered the myth of himself as the Sun King, the source of light for all of his people, historians are quick to point out that the realities fell far short of the aspirations. Despite the centralizing efforts of Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin, France still possessed a bewildering system of overlapping authorities in the seventeenth century.
Quotations:
"Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful".
"First feelings are always the most natural"
"Has God forgotten all I have done for Him"
"I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women"
"It is legal because I wish it"
"I am the state"