HIST 3902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Royal Mistress, Royal Hunt, Ejaculation
23 Apr 2016
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Skirt chaser, louis xvi saw that as a waste of time also saw it as immoral. Well educated for the time, succession of tutors who drilled him in languages and mathe- matics. Did a lot of reading in english, geometry/trig love for geography(seafaring) interest in his navy. Simply not taken with court ceremony but could be angry at court when others didn"t. Desire to do good and make life better for his people. He wanted to be liked and to see that he wanted to be a good king. Weakness - influenced by if you do this you might not be liked, influenced by others point of view and capable of changing his mind quickly because influenced by opinions of who he spoke to last. General desire to do good for his people but couldn"t think of any ideas. Stayed put at versailles entire time of being king. No effort to come into contact with ordinary people.
