Need help with AP European History (Louis XIV), please (not a lot)?

Question

Well, I have to write an essay for AP Euro and no I'm not making you write it. I'm asking you to help me gather info.

The essay question is:
"Louis XIV declared his goal was "one king, one law, one faith." Analyze the methods the king used to achieve this objective and discuss the extent to which he was successful."

If you know anything about Louis XIV can you please let me know or if you find any good websites can you please post them here. I know absolutely nothing about this topic and it would speed along the process if you guys would help to just find the sites...thanks.

Answer 1

Have you not heard of Google? InfoPlease.com is the best site for history or government. (Write that down.) :-)

www.louis-xiv.de/

www.royalty.nu/Europe
/France/LouisXIV.html

www.infoplease.com
/ce6/people/A0830396.html

Answer 2

Look at Wikipedia.. Here is a small sample of what is there;

Louis XIV worked successfully to create a centralized state governed from the capital in order to sweep away the fragmented feudalism which had hitherto persisted in France, thus giving rise to the modern state. As a result of his efforts, which seemed absolutist, Louis XIV became the archetype of such a monarch. The phrase "L'État, c'est moi" ("I am the State") is frequently attributed to him, though this is considered by historians to be a historical inaccuracy and is more likely to have been conceived by political opponents as a way of confirming the stereotypical view of the absolutism he represented. Quite contrary to that apocryphal quote, Louis XIV is actually reported to have said on his death bed: "Je m'en vais, mais l'État demeurera toujours." ("I am going away, but the State will always remain").