Today’s class focused on the Baroque period in France and England. I found today’s class particularly interesting, particularly the discussion of absolutism and King Louis XIV. I was not familiar with the concept of a king having gained their power from God himself and found that to be an interesting concept. King Louis played a major role in developing this ideology, likely due to his own insecurities. In his youth he had seen the power of the King challenged and sought to make sure that would not happen again. This then led to the expansion of the palace of Versailles which still stands today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sheer scale of Versailles stuck out to me. As a class, we were lucky to be able to look at Ariel and imagine how sprawling the whole complex was. It struck me that people in the period experienced the sheer size differently. Though some would argue that having boots on the ground is the best way to see the expanding complex, an aeriel view does a better job of capturing the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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