Louis XIV and Absolution
Author: Ragnhild Marie Hatton
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1976-01-01
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1349169811
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Louis XIV and Absolutism
Author: William Beik
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780312227432
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
The Reign of Louis XIV
Author: Paul Sonnino
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 276
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Author: Philip Mansel
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2020-09-01
Total Pages: 669
ISBN-13: 022669092X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLouis 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.
Louis XIV
Author: Richard Wilkinson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-09-19
Total Pages: 199
ISBN-13: 135166347X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLouis 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.
CM BDC Absolutism in Practice: Louis XIV, Versailles, and the Art of Personal Kingship
Author: Bedford/St. Martin's
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Published: 2018-01-04
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 1319187196
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Science and the State
Author: John Gascoigne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-03-21
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1107155673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.
The Myth of Absolutism
Author: Nicholas Henshall
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-06
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1317899547
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConventionally, ``absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of ``absolutism'' in action -- continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and England -- dissolves the traditional picture to reveal a much more complex reality; and in so doing illuminates the varied ways in which early-modern Europe was governed.
In the King's Wake
Author: Jay Caplan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 0226093123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLong before the guillotines of the 1789 Revolution brought a grisly political end to the ancien régime, Jay Caplan argues, the culture of absolutism had already perished. In the King's Wake traces the emergence of a post-absolutist culture across a wide range of works and genres: Saint-Simon's memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency; Voltaire's first tragedy, Oedipe; Watteau's last great painting, L'Enseigne de Gersaint; the plays of Marivaux; and Casanova's History of My Life. While absolutist culture had focused on value directly represented in people (e.g., those of noble blood) and things (e.g., coins made of precious metals), post-absolutist culture instead explored the capacity of signs to stand for something real (e.g., John Law's banknotes or Marivaux's plays in which actions rather than birth signify nobility). Between the image of the Sun King and visions of the godlike Romantic self, Caplan discovers a post-absolutist France wracked by surprisingly modern conflicts over the true sources of value and legitimacy.
Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France
Author: William Beik
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780521367820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis analysis of the provincial reality of absolutism argues that the relationship between the regional aristocracy and the crown was a key factor in influencing the traditional social system of seventeenth century France.
