Louis Xiv
In this concise, up-to-date analysis of Louis XIV and France in its great age of cultural achievement, David Sturdy penetrates beneath the well-known events, personalities and images of the reign to gain an understanding of the historical forces and realities with which Louis XIV and France had to contend. He presents a carefully organized and lucid account of the "defining" aspects of the reign: the nature of French monarchy, methods of government, Louis' relationship to his subjects and to...
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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. Booknews Analyzing Louis (1643-1715) and the France he ruled in its great age of cultural achievement, Sturdy (history, U. of Ulster- Coleraine) focuses on the historical forces and realities with which they had to contend rather than on surface events. He looks at the nature of French monarchy, the methods of government, Louis' relationship to his subjects and to the churches, the organization of cultural life, and France's relationship with the rest of Europe. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
List of Significant DatesMapsFamily TreesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1Louis XIV and French Monarchy1The Law of Succession2The Sacred Character of Monarchy4Sacred Monarchy Reaffirmed5The Memoires of Louis XIV: Conception and Composition7Louis XIV and the Ritual of Monarchy13Public Representations of Louis XIV15Versailles and Court Ritual17Court Ritual192Louis XIV and the Government of France22The Period 1643 to 166122Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602-61)23The Frondes25The Significance of the Frondes30From the End of the Frondes to the Death of Mazarin32The Personal Reign, 1661 to 171534The Intendants463Louis XIV and his Subjects50The King's Subjects51Governmental Finance under Louis XIV52Government and the Economy60Justice67Social Control694Louis XIV and the Churches74The Catholic Church in France76Gallicanism79Jansenism81Factional Influences on Louis XIV86The Huguenots895Louis XIV and the Direction of Ideas in France100The Concept of 'Academies'101State Academies under Louis XIV: The Visual Arts103The Academie des Sciences106Other Academies108Universities and Colleges108Books and Printing112'Fin-de-Siecle' and the Regime of Louis XIV113Fenelon116Saint-Simon1186Louis XIV and Europe123The Instruments of Policy124Warfare, the Army and Navy126Principles Underlying Louis's Foreign Policy128Louis and Europe in the Early 1660s130The Spanish Succession and War of Devolution132The Origins and Outcome of the Dutch War, 1672-78136The War of the League of Augsburg (The Nine Years' War)141The War of the Spanish Succession145Aims and Course of the War1497Concluding Discussion154Jean Bodin and the Six Livres de la Republique156Continuing Debates concerning 'Absolute Monarchy'159Absolute Monarchy and Government161Notes and References167Bibliographical Guide179Index191
\ BooknewsAnalyzing Louis (1643-1715) and the France he ruled in its great age of cultural achievement, Sturdy (history, U. of Ulster- Coleraine) focuses on the historical forces and realities with which they had to contend rather than on surface events. He looks at the nature of French monarchy, the methods of government, Louis' relationship to his subjects and to the churches, the organization of cultural life, and France's relationship with the rest of Europe. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
