Levels of Literacy in France during seventeenth-century French absolutism under Louis XIV and during the reign of Louis XVI immediately before the French Revolution of 1789
Levels of Literacy in France during seventeenth-century French absolutism under Louis XIV and during the reign of Louis XVI immediately before the French Revolution of 1789 During the reign of Louis XIV, the French society was divided into three estates. Ninety-Seven percent of the population of France did not have many rights. They were excluded from any type of decision-making in governmental issues. The increase in the levels of literacy let the French citizens express their interests, literacy would allow the French to become more intelligent. From 1689 to 1789 France was the most powerful nation in Europe at the time. France was admired throughout Europe. They were admired and known for having one of the strongest and most powerful armies in all of Europe. There then was a division in France’s society. They were