Oppression of French Protestants was not new, as I described in Part 1. That could not be tolerated and in 1681 he gave instructions that they should be brought to heel. Huguenots comprised about 10% of the French population, and their rejection of Catholicism was an affront to Louis’ divine power. An absolute monarch cannot tolerate dissent, and the Huguenots, by the very nature of their religious beliefs, were dissenters. That was bad news for the French Protestants, better known as the Huguenots. Louis exemplified absolute monarchy he was a Catholic and a believer in the divine power of kings. Everything he did had an aura of splendour: whether it was his military conquests the grandeur and opulence of his palace at Versailles or his cultivation of French craftsmanship, etiquette and taste the Sun King outshone all others. Also known as the Sun King, he reigned for almost 70 years up to 1712 and was the most powerful and influential ruler in Europe. Britain has never had a monarch like Louis XIV of France.
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