Creation of the court yard of the Lui XIV as the political project

The author considers the reasons and preconditions which have led to creation of a court society of an epoch of the Lui XIV as the political tool of monarchic authority at the Old regime. According to the author's opinion festival and system of etiquette strictly regulated by king are the basic receptions owing to which King-sun managed to solve one of defining problems of the board - «domestication of nobility».