The age of Louis XIV was the classical age of French literature, in which the playwrights Jean Racine and Molière achieved prominence Under Louis XIV: Louis XIV spent vast resources on wars to extend French borders. read more
It depends on what you refer to as France and/or French. For example Savoie and Haute Savoie were not yet part of France. Many of the people did not speak French. read more
In the age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralization of power. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. read more