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The court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file

Construction labour, including reports of marsh disease among workers, sits in that dated building file. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Labour-Market Tightness.

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In 1682 the court moved to Versailles. Construction labour, including reports of marsh disease among workers, sits in that dated building file. The instrument is royal works, not a later ticketed visit. Louis XIV of France's documented role is: He commissioned the palace-city. Colbert, Louvois, Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart, and unnamed workers share the works. Later tourist numbers are not 1682. Medium confidence on a unique death series in the marshes.

Context

Hardouin-Mansart, Le Nôtre, and Colbert's works administration share the site. Sharing unnamed labour is required. Court ceremony as patronage sits on the corruption row. The setting of The court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file is the public file around 1682-01-01. Driver labour-market-tightness is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of The court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file. Naming Louis XIV of France does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1682-01-01 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.

Why it matters

Worsening path from The court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file on 1682-01-01. Royal works that concentrate unpaid and poorly paid labour, including reports of marsh disease, are a labour path stored as cost. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Louis XIV of France

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    He commissioned the palace-city. Colbert, Louvois, Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart, and unnamed workers share the works. Later tourist numbers are not 1682. Medium confidence on a unique death series in the marshes.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file
    2. strengthensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 January 1682 · verified

    Royal works that concentrate unpaid and poorly paid labour, including reports of marsh disease, are a labour path stored as cost.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Met Heilbrunn — Louis XIV neighbourhoodThe Metropolitan Museum of Art · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Château de Versailles — Louis XIV, court at VersaillesÉtablissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Château de Versailles — Louis XIV, court at Versailles at https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv (opens in a new tab) (Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles). Independent locator: Met Heilbrunn — Louis XIV neighbourhood at https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/loui/hd_loui.htm (opens in a new tab) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Official carrier: Château de Versailles — Louis XIV, court at Versailles (https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv (opens in a new tab); Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles). Independent carrier: Met Heilbrunn — Louis XIV neighbourhood (https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/loui/hd_loui.htm (opens in a new tab); The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Established: a sourced public record of The court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file under 1682-01-01 for Louis XIV of France. Established: a sourced public record of The court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file under 1682-01-01.

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Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLouis XIV of France
  2. contributed toFactThe court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file
  3. strengthensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

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Factrail. (2026). The court moves to Versailles in 1682; construction labour, marsh disease, and forced works sit in the dated building file. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/l14-versailles-labour

https://factrail.ai/facts/l14-versailles-labour

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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