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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV Posters and Prints

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV Posters and Prints

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About The Poster:

  • Premium Print Quality
  • Perfect Size: multiple dimensions 
    • 12"x18" inch (30x45 cm)
    • 16"x24" inch (40x60 cm)
    • 24"x36" inch (60x90 cm)
  • Easy to Display

About The Movie:

Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.

Tags: Jean-Marie Patte, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, Katharina Renn, Michelle Podroznik, La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV, Silvagni, France, Raymond Jourdan, Roberto Rossellini, Claude Baks, 1966,