Machiavellian?

Question:Can someone give me examples how Louis XIV was Machiavellian.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Can someone give me examples how Louis XIV was Machiavellian.

Machiavellianism is the term that some social and personality psychologists use to describe a person's tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain.

One example of Louis XIV (aka, "Louis the Great") being Machiavellian: Louis achieved immense control over the nobility in France by attaching much of the higher nobility to his orbit at his palace at Versailles, requiring them to spend the majority of the year under his close watch instead of in their own local communities and power-bases plotting rebellion and insurrection. Only in this way were they able to gain the pensions and privileges that were necessary to their rank. He entertained his permanent visitors with extravagant parties and other distractions, which were significant factors contributing to Louis' power and control over his hitherto unruly nobility.

Ergo, these parties and distractions were his way of secretly deceiving others into giving him more power in France. Louis XIV is well known for many different things that he had done such as this.

um does his quote "after me the flood" have to do with anything, it means once he is dead france will have 2 deal with debt and all the money he wasted etc...