ThefourthseasonfocusesonthereignofLouisXIVfrom1643to1701. Theseriestraceshischildhood,theinfluenceofMazarinandhismotherduringhisearlyyearsaswellasthevariouswarsthatthekingwagedagainsttheotherEuropeanpowerswhilevisitingvariousemblematicplacesofhisreign.
TheseriesalsohighlightstheweightofthelovesoftheSunKingonsomeofhispoliticaldecisions,inparticulartheinfluenceofMadamedeMaintenonontherevocationoftheEdictofNantesin1685.
However,theseriesdoesnotonlyfocusontheHistoryofFrance,asBrunoSoloexplains:“LouisXIVisattheheartofoursystem,buttheideaisnottotalkonlyaboutLouisXIV.WetalkjustasmuchaboutWilliamIIIofOrange,thegreatenemyofLouisXIV,CharlesIandCharlesIIofEnglandandPhilipIVofSpain.WearetryingtoradiatethroughoutEurope."
