Author: Will DurantPublisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
An integrated narrative of all aspects of European history from 1648-1715 based on the clash between faith and reason.
The Age of Louis XIV
Author: Will DurantPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451647654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
The Story of Civilization, Volume VIII: A history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza: 1648-1715. This is the eighth volume of the Pulitzer Prize-winning series.
The Age of Louis XIV
Author: Will DurantPublisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
An integrated narrative of all aspects of European history from 1648-1715 based on the clash between faith and reason.
The Age of Louis XIV.
Author: VoltaireThe Age of Louis XIV, Vol. 1
Author: VoltairePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331326390
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Excerpt from The Age of Louis XIV, Vol. 1: To Which Is Added, an Abstract of the Age of Louis XV T has been judged proper to begin this New Edition of the age of Lovrs XIV. With a lift of the Royal Family, and of all the Princes of the Blood of his time. This is followed by one of all the cotemporary Sovereigns, the Mar fbals of France, the Admirals and Generals of the Gallies, and of the Minifters and Secretaries of State who ferved under this Monarch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
King of the World
Author: Philip ManselPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022669092X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
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.
Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV
Author: Kathryn NorbergPublisher: Costume Society of America
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
""Analyzing French fashion prints and what these images represent and reveal about the fashion and culture of the seventeenth-century."--Provided by publisher"--
The Age of Louis XIV
Author: VoltaireThe Works of Voltaire
Author: VoltaireMartin's History of France
Author: Henri MartinPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752588977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1865.
Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV Volume 4
Author: Bruno MugnaiPublisher: Century of the Soldier
ISBN: 9781913336431
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
It has been a commonly held historical belief that in the second half of the 17th century, the Spanish army suffered such catastrophic defeats that it effectively brought about the collapse of the state as a major player on the European stage. The wars, fought out in Catalonia, Franche Comté, Flanders, and Italy, resulted in a series of substantial defeats for Spain. The forces of Louis XIV carried all before them. Spain's ability to fend off the French monarch's assault was not eased by the fact that, at the same time, Spain had faced the Portuguese in the Iberian Peninsula, the English in the Caribbean, the Algerians in Melilla, as well as further insidious French assault in southern Italy and in the colonies. In this regard, it would be more correct to consider this age as a period of resilience, rather than military defeats. Equally superficially, the Portuguese War of Independence too was considered as a peripheral conflict of minor interest, while it also involved France and England in addition to the countries directly concerned. The story, organization, uniforms, and equipment of the Spanish and Portuguese armies of this age are dealt for the first time in a single book, after archive's sources and unpublished iconography.