In 1643, Louis XIV became king of France after his father, Louis XIII, death. Louis view when he was ruling was that he and the state are one and the same. He said, “I am the state”(history). He also he should be called the Sun King because he believed that, as with the sun, all power radiated from him (history). Louis lived in Versailles which was like a small royal city. It had rich decoration and furnishings shown, so people could see Louis wealth and power to everyone who came to the place (History). Louis used the Versailles to maintain his status as an absolute monarch by isolation and entertainment.
