[muawiyah]

Louis XIV was a tyrant of the worst sort. France began its descent into the Pit with his reign and it's never recovered. There were no cultural advances made during his reign and he set back the cause of religious freedom centuries.

[A. Pole]

Louis XIV was a tyrant of the worst sort.

Really?

There were no cultural advances made during his reign

Just read about French literature of his time. And there WERE great advances in other areas as well.