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Author : Ragnhild Marie Hatton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349156590
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)
Download or read book Louis XIV and Europe written by Ragnhild Marie Hatton and published by Springer. This book was released on 1976-07-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ragnhild Marie Hatton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333136607
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Louis XIV and Europe written by Ragnhild Marie Hatton and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Wilkinson
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 9780340575116
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)
Download or read book Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1661-1715 written by Richard Wilkinson and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1993 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While synthesizing and passing on to students the results of recent research, this book also emphasizes the fascination and controversy of Louis XIV's reign and its effect on his European neighbours. The issues influencing Louis's absolute rule and the extent to which he had real options are examined.
Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022669092X
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book King of the World written by Philip Mansel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he came tantalizingly close. Philip Mansel’s King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography in English of this hypnotic, flawed figure who continues to captivate our attention. This lively work takes Louis outside Versailles and shows the true extent of his global ambitions, with stops in London, Madrid, Constantinople, Bangkok, and beyond. We witness the importance of his alliance with the Spanish crown and his success in securing Spain for his descendants, his enmity with England, and his relations with the rest of Europe, as well as Asia, Africa, and the Americas. We also see the king’s effect on the two great global diasporas of Huguenots and Jacobites, and their influence on him as he failed in his brutal attempts to stop Protestants from leaving France. Along the way, we are enveloped in the splendor of Louis’s court and the fascinating cast of characters who prostrated and plotted within it. King of the World is exceptionally researched, drawing on international archives and incorporating sources who knew the king intimately, including the newly released correspondence of Louis’s second wife, Madame de Maintenon. Mansel’s narrative flair is a perfect match for this grand figure, and he brings the Sun King’s world to vivid life. This is a global biography of a global king, whose power was extensive but also limited by laws and circumstances, and whose interests and ambitions stretched far beyond his homeland. Through it all, we watch Louis XIV progressively turn from a dazzling, attractive young king to a belligerent reactionary who sets France on the path to 1789. It is a convincing and compelling portrait of a man who, three hundred years after his death, still epitomizes the idea of le grand monarque.
Author : Darryl Dee
Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 1580463037
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Expansion and Crisis in Louis XIV's France written by Darryl Dee and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by a desire for glory and renown, Louis XIV presided over France's last great burst of territorial expansion in Europe. During the first three decades of his rule, his armies conquered numerous territories along France's borders. After 1688, however, the tide of conquest turned as the kingdom was plunged into crisis. For the remainder of his reign, the king and his people endured wars against grand alliances of European powers, ecological disasters, economic depression, state bankruptcy, and demographic stagnation. Expansion and Crisis in Louis XIV's France examines these central yet understudied aspects of the age of the Sun King through the experience of Franche-Comté, a possession of the Spanish empire with a long history of autonomy, conquered by Louis XIV in 1674. Dee's detailed research reconstructs the ensuing dialogue -- sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant -- between the king and the elites who ruled this province. The integration of Franche-Comté into France proved to be a protracted process involving confrontation, negotiation, and compromise. The resulting regime was then severely tested by the challenges of Louis XIV's late reign; its survival demonstrated how the king had brought a distinctly early modern state to the height of its development. This study offers significant new insights on the growth of the territorial state in early modern Europe, the nature of the French absolute monarchy, and the political legacy of the Sun King. Darryl Dee is Assistant Professor of History, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.
Author : David J. Sturdy
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312214272
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Louis XIV written by David J. Sturdy and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date analysis of Louis XIV in his relationship to his kingdom and Europe which raises some of the major historiographical issues being debated by present-day historians.
Author : Cecil Scott Forester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre written by Cecil Scott Forester and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Harvey Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Readings in Modern European History written by James Harvey Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ragnhild Marie Hatton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349169811
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)
Download or read book Louis XIV and Absolution written by Ragnhild Marie Hatton and published by Springer. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ragnhild Marie Hatton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Europe in the Age of Louis XIV written by Ragnhild Marie Hatton and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Beik
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312227432
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (274 download)
Download or read book Louis XIV and Absolutism written by William Beik and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of documents with commentary explores the meaning of absolute monarchy by examining how Louis XIV of France became one of Europe's most famous and successful rulers. The documents, newly translated and carefully selected for their readability, examine the problems of the Fronde, Colbert's grasp of the economic and fiscal dimensions of the kingdom, the taming of the rural nobility, the interaction of royal ministers and provincial authorities, the repression of Jansenists and Protestants, popular rebellions, and royal image-making.
Author : Richard Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135166347X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Louis XIV written by Richard Wilkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis XIV ruled France for more than half a century and is typically remembered for his absolutism, his patronage of the arts and his lavish lifestyle – culminating in the building of Versailles. This original and lively biography focuses on Louis’s personal life while keeping the needs of the history student at the forefront, featuring analysis of Louis’s wider significance in history and the surrounding historiography. This book balances the undeniable cultural achievements of the reign against the realities of Louis’s egotism and argues that, when viewed critically, Louis’s rule (1643–1715) personified the disadvantages of absolute monarchy, and inexorably led to social and political blunders, resulting in the suffering of millions. Richard Wilkinson demonstrates that while Louis excelled as a self-publicist, he fell far short of being a great monarch. This second edition includes an up-to-date and accessible biography, further sections on the women at Louis’s court, France in an international context and new material looking at Louis’s involvement in ballet. This book is essential reading for all history students and those with a general interest in one of history’s most colourful rulers.
Author : Michel (Prince of Greece)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Louis XIV written by Michel (Prince of Greece) and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bedford/St. Martin's
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1319187196
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)
Download or read book CM BDC Absolutism in Practice: Louis XIV, Versailles, and the Art of Personal Kingship written by Bedford/St. Martin's and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document collection explores how Louis XIV sought to embody absolutism through his personal rule by examining the theory behind absolutism, Louis's own writings on kingship, and the observations of eyewitnesses at his court, shedding light on traditions of royal government in Europe since the Middle Ages. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.
Author : Meredith Martin
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606067303
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Sun King at Sea written by Meredith Martin and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated volume, the first devoted to maritime art and galley slavery in early modern France, shows how royal propagandists used the image and labor of enslaved Muslims to glorify Louis XIV. Mediterranean maritime art and the forced labor on which it depended were fundamental to the politics and propaganda of France’s King Louis XIV (r. 1643–1715). Yet most studies of French art in this period focus on Paris and Versailles, overlooking the presence or portrayal of galley slaves on the kingdom’s coasts. By examining a wide range of artistic productions—ship design, artillery sculpture, medals, paintings, and prints—Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss uncover a vital aspect of royal representation and unsettle a standard picture of art and power in early modern France. With an abundant selection of startling images, many never before published, The Sun King at Sea emphasizes the role of esclaves turcs (enslaved Turks)—rowers who were captured or purchased from Islamic lands—in building and decorating ships and other art objects that circulated on land and by sea to glorify the Crown. Challenging the notion that human bondage vanished from continental France, this cross-disciplinary volume invites a reassessment of servitude as a visible condition, mode of representation, and symbol of sovereignty during Louis XIV’s reign.
Author : Professor Jeremy Black
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135357641
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)
Download or read book From Louis XIV to Napoleon written by Professor Jeremy Black and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the period 1661-1815 appeared to be the age of France. France was the greatest power in Western Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and Louis XIV and Napoleon seemed to dominate their periods. yet when Louis XIV died in 1715, and again after Napoleon's attempt to resume power was defeated at Waterloo a century later, France appeared as a waning power. This failure in Europe was matched on the world scale. France was overtaken by Britain in the struggle for maritime predominance, and ended the period with her empire in ruins. From Louis XIV to Napoleon is a scholarly yet accessible account which considers why France was not more successful and throws light on French history, international relations, warfare and the rise and fall of French power.
Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300106978
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Dressed to Rule written by Philip Mansel and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history rulers have used clothes as a form of legitimization and propaganda. While palaces, pictures, and jewels might reflect the choice of a monarch’s predecessors or advisers, clothes reflected the preferences of the monarch himself. Being both personal and visible, the right costume at the right time could transform and define a monarch’s reputation. Many royal leaders have known this, from Louis XIV to Catherine the Great and from Napoleon I to Princess Diana. This intriguing book explores how rulers have sought to control their image through their appearance. Mansel shows how individual styles of dress throw light on the personalities of particular monarchs, on their court system, and on their ambitions. The book looks also at the economics of the costume industry, at patronage, at the etiquette involved in mourning dress, and at the act of dressing itself. Fascinating glimpses into the lives of European monarchs and contemporary potentates reveal the intimate connection between power and the way it is packaged.
