6.6. NEW DESTRUCTION AND NEW AUTHORITY COINCIDE, AS EVER

THE IMAGE OF GOD IS DIRECTLY OVER THE KING'S PEW

Le trône royal n'est pas le trône d'un homme, mais le trône de Dieu même. » (Politique tirée de l'écriture sainte, 1678-1709).

 Royal Chapel of Versailles by Antoine Coypel, 1689 / fb zoom

Instead of being represented by light, God is shown as a patriarch, like the king.

Saint Ignatius, founder of the Jesuit order, is received in Heaven, by Andrea Pozzo, 1691-94 / Video

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Like the Mauritanian nobles who raid producers for market

Louis means, "We only want to keep you in your little corner."  

Like Senufo who approve Nambolosse's "crimes" and Dahomeyans who cheer each time an executioner raises a head, most French people acclaim the forced conversions and terrible fates of Protestants captured in flight.

Kings protect their societies by violence when peaceful methods fail. Their subjects agree. 

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By dominating multinationals' skyscrapers, the Grande Arche de la Défense proclaims State control of capitalism. 

France still regulates business

 more than other capitalist countries do. 

Claude Abron

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6.7. 

Detour:
A faith specific to France