Personally I think Louis 14th declared himself the “sun king” because his enormous ego and warped perception of reality. Barring my personal opinion it makes sense politically to associate a leader with divine figure like Apollo and develop religious underpinning to your rule. Louis 14th chose the sun because he could argue his place at the center of the God’s divine order and light that blesses the French people. Combining a king with the divine creates a new level of power that can go unquestioned because questioning the king is questioning God’s will. This course has proven again and again that questioning God’s will during this time usually does not end well and this allows kings with “Divine” authority to rule with little criticism.
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