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Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

Author : Pierre Goubert
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen written by Pierre Goubert and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1970 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis XIV is one of history’s most notorious rulers. Ruling for three quarters of a century, the King of France had the longest reign in European history, and the effects of his rule would create the conditions that would lead to the French Revolution. Written by an authority on 17th century Europe, Pierre Goubert not only outlines the life the famous “Sun King." but the millions of subjects under his rule, and the effects his choices had on the them. Praise for Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchman “ . . . It is safe to recommend the work as the best book available on the subject for the educated layman.”—Kirkus Reviews “This masterful work . . . should serve a generation of student and general readers as the essential introduction to the France of Louis XIV.”—The American Historical Review “In this field M. Goubert is a past master, and his subtle portrayal of the great social trends of the age deserves to be widely read.”—Times Literary Supplement

Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

Author : Pierre Goubert
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0394717511
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen written by Pierre Goubert and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1972-04-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis XIV is one of history’s most notorious rulers. Ruling for three quarters of a century, the King of France had the longest reign in European history, and the effects of his rule would create the conditions that would lead to the French Revolution. Written by an authority on 17th century Europe, Pierre Goubert not only outlines the life the famous “Sun King." but the millions of subjects under his rule, and the effects his choices had on the them. Praise for Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchman “ . . . It is safe to recommend the work as the best book available on the subject for the educated layman.”—Kirkus Reviews “This masterful work . . . should serve a generation of student and general readers as the essential introduction to the France of Louis XIV.”—The American Historical Review “In this field M. Goubert is a past master, and his subtle portrayal of the great social trends of the age deserves to be widely read.”—Times Literary Supplement

Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

Author : Pierre Goubert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780713901030
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen written by Pierre Goubert and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Course of French History

Author : Pierre Goubert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134919271
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Course of French History written by Pierre Goubert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PUBLICITY TITLE

Louis XIV's Assault on Privilege

Author : Gary B. McCollim
Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 1580464149
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV's Assault on Privilege written by Gary B. McCollim and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The government of Louis XIV developed two taxes during the last thirty years of the king's reign that forced the privileged to pay. This book is a study of how those taxes developed and what caused them to be adopted. Louis XIV's Assault on Privilege examines Nicolas Desmaretz, one of the most important finance ministers of the Bourbon monarchy. McCollim brings to life the man who was arguably the central figure in the final transformative years of Louis XIV's reign. Controller General Desmaretz was the nephew of famed finance minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert and had extensive experience in the administration prior to 1683 when he suffered disgrace. His expertisewas so renowned in his day that other chief financial officials sought his advice in secret. Desmaretz has been called the ablest man ever to head French finances, and the war financing problems he faced from 1708-14 the greatestchallenge faced by the Bourbon monarchy until the French Revolution. Desmaretz became one of the chief financial officials early in the War of the Spanish Succession and took full charge of French finances from 1708-15.In that time, he introduced one of the two most radical financial measures ever taken by the Bourbon monarchy: the dixième, a tax on income. This tax revolutionized the relationship of French elites to the Crown because iteliminated the issue of status that affected all other forms of taxation: the dixième fell on all income, no matter the recipient. The tax lasted until 1717, appeared again during the Wars of the Polish (1733-35) and Austrian (1743-48) Successions, and became permanent, in a reduced form, as the vingtième, in 1749. The story of the dixième has been oddly ignored by fiscal historians. In his rich analysis, McCollim lays outfor historians precisely how the royal financial council actually made policy. His book establishes once and for all that from the perspective of state finance, and state taxation, the post-1710 French monarchy had left far behindthe institutional framework of the seventeenth century. Gary B. McCollim received his doctoral degree in history from The Ohio State University and is a retired federal employee.

Political Culture in Louis XIV’s Canada

Author : Colin M. Coates
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 022802238X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Political Culture in Louis XIV’s Canada written by Colin M. Coates and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Louis XIV’s New France, colonial authorities attempted to reproduce French regal authority in novel ways, often by performing typical metropolitan political rituals. When these practices were transposed into the St Lawrence Valley settlements, where a small French population lived alongside a substantial Indigenous presence, they took on new meanings. The colony of Canada replicated many features of the developing French absolutist state. Yet while the king likely knew more about his colony than he did about most parts of metropolitan France, this transatlantic setting imposed new constraints on absolutist authority, from the challenges of distance to an Indigenous population that largely lived outside European norms. Political Culture in Louis XIV’s Canada examines royal power as it was represented in ritual (ceremonial entrances, Te Deums, processions), in rhetoric (political disputes over cabals and factions), and in objects (portraits, royal busts, currency, buildings, maps, and censuses). Colin Coates describes the successes and failures the French authorities experienced in exporting their political practices. He reveals how those authorities’ understandings of Indigenous political culture shaped ideas of the proper relation between rulers and the ruled. This book traces the establishment of a colonial political culture that continued to shape the lives of the French in Canada long after the Sun King’s death in 1715.

Louis XIV

Author : Richard Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135166347X
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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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 199 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.

Human Nature and the Causes of War

Author : John David Orme
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319771671
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Human Nature and the Causes of War written by John David Orme and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the causes of war? Wars are generally begun by a revisionist state seeking to take territory. The psychological root of revisionism is the yearning for glory, honor and power. Human nature is the primary cause of war, but political regimes can temper or intensify these passions. This book examines the effects of six types of regime on foreign policy: monarchy, republic and sultanistic, charismatic, and military and totalitarian dictatorship. Dictatorships encourage and unleash human ambition, and are thus the governments most likely to begin ill-considered wars. Classical realism, modified to incorporate the impact of regimes and beliefs, provides a more convincing explanation of war than neo-realism.

International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great

Author : William Young
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595329926
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great written by William Young and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Peace of Westphalia (1648), ending the Thirty Years' War, resulted in the rise of the modern European states system. However, dynasticism, power politics, commerce, and religion continued to be the main issues driving International politics and warfare. Dr. William Young examines war and diplomacy during the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great. His study focuses on the later part of the Franco-Spanish War, the Wars of Louis XIV, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the West. In addition, the author explores the wars of the Baltic Region and East Europe, including the Thirteen Years' War, Second Northern War, War of the Holy League, and the Great Northern War. The study includes a guide to the historical literature concerning war and diplomacy during this period. It includes bibliographical essays and a valuable annotated bibliography of over six hundred books, monographs, dissertations, theses, journal articles, and essays published in the English language. International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great is a valuable resource for individuals interested in the history of diplomacy, warfare, and Early Modern Europe.

Louis XIV

Author : Peter Robert Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317901495
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV written by Peter Robert Campbell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Seminar Studies in History" aims to bridge the gap between the standardized textbook and the specialist survey. Each book consists of a brief introduction or background to the subject, followed by a section of analysis focusing on the main themes and issues.

Louis XIV

Author : J. H. Shennan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134875959
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV written by J. H. Shennan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-26 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the king and his beliefs, domestic problems, and foreign policy.

Proof!

Author : Amir Alexander
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374714126
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Proof! written by Amir Alexander and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “lucid and convincingly argued” narrative of how ancient geometric principles continue to shape the contemporary world (Publishers Weekly). On a cloudy day in 1413, a balding young man stood at the entrance to the Cathedral of Florence, facing the ancient Baptistery across the piazza. As puzzled passers-by looked on, he raised a small painting to his face, then held a mirror in front of the painting. Few at the time understood what he was up to; even he barely had an inkling of what was at stake. But on that day, the master craftsman and engineer Filippo Brunelleschi would prove that the world and everything within it was governed by the ancient science of geometry. In Proof!, the award-winning historian Amir Alexander traces the path of the geometrical vision of the world as it coursed its way from the Renaissance to the present, shaping our societies, our politics, and our ideals. Geometry came to stand for a fixed and unchallengeable universal order, and kings, empire-builders, and even republican revolutionaries would rush to cast their rule as the apex of the geometrical universe. For who could doubt the right of a ruler or the legitimacy of a government that drew its power from the immutable principles of Euclidean geometry? From the elegant terraces of Versailles to the broad avenues of Washington, DC, and on to the boulevards of New Delhi and Manila, the geometrical vision was carved into the landscape of modernity. Euclid, Alexander shows, made the world as we know it possible.

Louis XIV

Author : Geoffrey R R Treasure
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317889037
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV written by Geoffrey R R Treasure and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis IV represents the apogee of French royal power and the Ancien Regime. Having restored the nation's finances and rebuilt the army, he embarked on a series of wars of conquest which made France universally feared and respected as the central power of continental Europe. In the age of Moliere, Corneille, Racine et al, French culture blossomed at the court of Versailles. The counterpoint to these achievements was the emasculation of the political and legal institutions that might have limited the exercise of the royal will. In this new history, Geoffrey Treasure explores a unique combination of a personal philosophy, moulded by absolutist thinking and propaganda, and by Marzarin's deliberate training. He examines the influences and traits which permitted the growth of this particular exercise of power and its descent into an absolutism that ultimately set France on the road to 1789.

Events That Formed the Modern World [5 volumes]

Author : Frank W. Thackeray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598849026
Total Pages : 1908 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Events That Formed the Modern World [5 volumes] written by Frank W. Thackeray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 1908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive five-volume set contains readable essays that describe and interpret the most important global events since the European Renaissance, some accompanied by related document excerpts and primary source materials. What were the effects of the Age of Exploration on today's ethnic groups and social structure? How did the development of moveable type pave the way for Facebook and Twitter? Why is the Reformation so critical for understanding today's religious controversies? This set will help readers answer these questions by exploring the most significant historical events of the modern world. This five-volume set covers times from the Renaissance to the present. Each volume focuses on a specific historic period and examines 12 events within those time frames that changed the world. Each entry provides an introduction that lays out factual material in a chronological manner, an in-depth essay interpreting the event's significance, and an annotated bibliography of the most important current works on the topic. Select entries are followed by primary sources pertaining to the event under consideration, such as diary entries. Targeted to both general readers as well as entry-level university students, this book also directly supports high school and undergraduate curricula, allowing students to identify and contextualize events in order to think critically about their causes, aftermath, and legacy.

A Critical Bibliography of French Literature

Author : H. Gaston Hall
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815622758
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book A Critical Bibliography of French Literature written by H. Gaston Hall and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1983-02-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard A. Brooks, general editor, v.

Louis XIV

Author : John B. Wolf
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349014702
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV written by John B. Wolf and published by Springer. This book was released on 1972-06-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Wolf focuses on the problems of high politics and war, which intrigued Louis and were his instruments of power. Without ignoring the fact that Louis was also a son, husband, lover, and father as well as king he gives us a striking new image of Louis as soldier administrator and a vivid, accurate picture of the king s impact on the military machine after 1691, his part in the drama of war and in the emergence of a new Europe."

King of the World

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022669092X
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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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.