Question

How did Louis XIV use religious ideas to legitimize his rule?

Answer 1

Explanation:

how did louis XIV use religious ideas to legitimize his rule

Answer 2

He was significant for a few reasons: Government control - by building the palace at Versailles and holding court there, Louis was able to control the policy-making in absolute France.

In 1685, Louis, a devout Catholic, revoked the Edict of Nantes which had allowed freedom of worship to French Protestants (Huguenots). Around 200,000 Huguenots, many of them skilled craftsmen, fled to Holland and England.