What was significant about Louis XIV’s nickname, the Sun King? a. It reinforced his position as an absolute monarch. b. It placed emphasis on his administration. c. It insured his place as a supporter of the arts. d. It showed that he got up early in the morning.

A, It reinforced his position as an absolute monarch.

Explanation:

Louis's nickname as the Sun King was inspired by Louis' dominant status in France as an absolute monarch.

Louis identified his power with the Sun God, Apollo, and Louis believed he was like Apollo because of his divine powers as an absolute monarch.

1. international: struggle for hegemony and empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state

2. political conflict: conflict between the monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

3. the enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in montequieu’s spirit of the laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in rousseau’s social contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the literary underground of “grub street; ” the broadening influence of public opinion.

4. social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

5. ineffective ruler: louis xvi

6. economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.

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