In the seventeenth century, people believed that the king should be the head of the country. The king also refused to follow the advice of others. Rulers wanted to know what was going on in the lives of the nobles, so they kept an eye on them. They would have spies reporting to them about what they were saying and doing. If the king believed that the nobles were doing something against him, he would have them executed. Therefore, everybody who was against the king would be dead or too afraid to do anything. King Louis XIV was one king who had the help of spies, but he also had the nobles want to gain favor with him. They would do anything to please Louis XIV in order to gain more prestige. Therefore instead of nobles advising Louis XIV, they
