# Louis XIV patronises Molière's troupe including the 1664 Tartuffe crisis as a dated protection of a public comedy against dévot attack

Date: 1664

## The fact

In the mid-1660s Louis XIV patronised [Molière](/people/moliere)'s troupe, including during the Tartuffe crisis after 1664. The instrument is that dated patronage-protection, not the text of Tartuffe as his writing. Louis XIV of France's documented role is: He protected the troupe after court performance. Church dévots attacked Tartuffe. Molière wrote. Patronage is not authorship of the play.

## Context

Molière is the named author. Sharing the dévot opposition as the other side of the file is required. The setting of Louis XIV patronises Molière's troupe including the 1664 Tartuffe crisis as a dated protection of a public comedy against dévot attack is the public file around 1664-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not make the king the playwright. The 1680 house is a later row. Mixed effects of Louis XIV patronises Molière's troupe including the 1664 Tartuffe crisis as a dated protection of a public comedy against dévot attack are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Molière / Tartuffe neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Château de Versailles — Louis XIV and Molière neighbourhood at https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv (Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles). Official carrier: Britannica — Molière / Tartuffe neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Château de Versailles — Louis XIV and Molière neighbourhood (https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv; Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Molière / Tartuffe neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Improving path from Louis XIV patronises Molière's troupe including the 1664 Tartuffe crisis as a dated protection of a public comedy against dévot attack on 1664-01-01. Royal protection of a public comedy against clerical ban is an education-and-letters path of medium weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Louis XIV patronises Molière's troupe including the 1664 Tartuffe crisis as a dated protection of a public comedy against dévot attack under 1664-01-01 for Louis XIV of France. Established: a sourced public record of Louis XIV patronises Molière's troupe including the 1664 Tartuffe crisis as a dated protection of a public comedy against dévot attack under 1664-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Louis XIV patronises Molière's troupe including the 1664 Tartuffe crisis as a dated protection of a public comedy against dévot attack. Naming Louis XIV of France does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1664-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## People

- Louis XIV of France: https://factrail.ai/people/louis-xiv-of-france

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/l14-moliere-patronage