VI. LOUIS XIV, THE ULTIMATE ANTI-CAPITALIST

VERSAILLES CONTAINS GROWTH MORE POWERFULLY THAN EVER IMAGINED 

While siccing dragoons onto Protestants makes them convert, that is, accept traditional (Catholic) barriers to gain. 

Versailles in 1668 by Pierre Patel, toward 1668, zoom

Maurice Leloir, Le Roy Soleil, 1931

Versailles takes containing growth
farther than ever imagined. 
But when capitalism expands regardless,  
Louis turns to violence. 

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In brief

• Does Louis need another palace?

• The Versailles enigma

• No water!

• Gargantuan works bring (some) water

• The elimination and circulation of wealth 

• Outlawing Protestants brings capitalists to heel

• Greater authority after violence

• Detour: a faith specific to France

• Detour: memories of persecution and a wartime rescue of Jews

• Controls on profit start to crack

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6.1. 

Does Louis need another palace?

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