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Which of the following statements best explains how Louis XIV’s rule exemplified absolute power?(1 point)

Louis XIV had power more absolute than any French ruler before him, even though in reality his power, like all absolute rulers’ power, was often limited.

Louis XIV’s power had a few limitations, but in general he was able to act, like many other rulers at the time, as the absolute ruler of his country.

Louis XIV was one of the most successful absolute rulers in history, and no other absolute king or queen was more successful.

Louis XIV ruled without any legal limitations on his authority and was therefore an absolute ruler and a model for all future European rulers.
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"Louis XIV had power more absolute than any French ruler before him, even though in reality his power, like all absolute rulers’ power, was often limited."

Explanation: Louis centralized authority (Versailles, control of nobles, royal bureaucracy) and portrayed himself as the embodiment of the state, yet his power was constrained by finances, provincial institutions (parlements), entrenched privileges, and practical limits on enforcement.