Howell Lloyd
 Louis XII came to the throne in 1498 and ruled France for sixteen years. According to Howell Lloyd, he was a 'ruler in transition': images of Louis XII elevated royal power to divine status, paving the way for the ideology of absolutism to flourish in the era of the Sun King. |
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A ruler in transition - Howell Lloyd looks at the icons of power that masked the face of French kingship around 1500.
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