The overall practical political purpose of the court of Versailles was to
A) serve as Louis XIV's residence from which to survey Paris.
B) act as a reception hall for state affairs.
C) give Louis XIV a life of privacy away from spies.
D) isolate Louis XIV from any contact with the bourgeoisie and other members of the old Third Estate.
E) exclude the high nobility and royal princes from real power.

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The court of Versailles was designed to centralize power and control the nobility by keeping them close to the king, thus excluding them from real power and preventing them from challenging his authority.

The Overall Practical Political Purpose of the Court of Versailles