Versailles gave Louis a clean slate to create and exert his own royal authority. Following Mazarin’s death in 1661, Louis XIV caused a shock by announcing he would rule without a chief minister, ...

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In 1623, King Louis XIII built a hunting lodge at Versailles for his own pleasure. It wasn’t until his successor, King Louis XIV, took the throne that Versailles was expanded to become a grand ...

Titled “Versailles: Science and Splendor,” a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI Sonja Anderson Daily ...

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In Versailles we see her earning Louis’ trust ... The result is a pretty fair portrayal of King Louis XIV and his court, something historians can verify, within which a much darker secret ...

Louis XIV insisted that the French aristocracy decamp from Paris to Versailles, where many of them endured cramped billets in rookeries under the eaves, while paying heavily for the privilege.

This charming exhibition is a version of one first shown at Versailles in 2010 – Sciences ... monarchy and science in the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI. In its London incarnation it lacks ...