Louis XIV's Government Included All the Following EXCEPT

question 48

Multiple Choice

Louis XIV's government included all the following EXCEPT

• A) regular consultations with the parlements.
• B) Versailles as a palace of distractions for the aristocracy.
• C) intendants as royal agents administrating the districts of France.
• D) a very competent finance minister, Colbert.
• E) a huge military machine with an army of 300,000.

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