 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nokuda kwechikamu chikuru chokutonga kwaLouis XIV, uyo aizivikanwa saMambo weZuva chiFrench: le Roi Soleil, France yakamira sesimba rinotungamirira muEurope, ichibatanidzwa muhondo huru nhatu - Hondo yeFrench-Dutch, Hondo yeAugsburg League, uye Hondo yeSpain Succession - uye hondo mbiri duku - Hondo yeDevolution, uye Hondo yeReunions. Louis akatonga maererano neDivine Right of Kings, pfungwa yokuti Mambo akagadzwa naMwari uye anozvidavirira kwaari oga. Somuuyo, iye kwenguva refu akaonekwa samambo chaiyeiye. Louis XIV akapfuurira nebasa romutangiri wake rokusika nyika ine simba guru, yaitongwa kubva muguta guru kuti abvise zvisaririra zvoupfumi zvairamba zviripo mumativi eFrance. Akakwanisa kuputsa simba revakuru vakuru vemapurovhinzi, vazhinji vavo vakanga vapanduka panguva yaaiva muduku ainzi Fronde, uye akamanikidza vakuru vakuru vakawanda kuti vagare naye muChivako chake cheVersailles. 