Louis XIV

ISBN-13: 9780333605141 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 222 str.

David Sturdy

Opis

This book provides a concise study of the defining aspects of the reign of Louis XIV. The nature of French monarchy, methods of government, Louis's relationship to his subjects and to the churches, the organisation of cultural life, and France's relations with the rest of Europe are all considered. Dr. Sturdy relates Louis and his regime to the longer-term movements of French history and to some of the wider historical forces at work in seventeenth-century Europe. He raises past and present historiographical controversies surrounding Louis XIV and indicates some of the major problems in interpretation which still confront historians.

Spis treści

Maps.- Family Trees.- Introduction.- Louis XIV and French Monarchy.- Louis XIV and the Government of France.- Louis XIV and his Subjects.- Louis XIV and the Churches.- Louis XIV and the Direction of Ideas in France.- Louis XIV and Europe.- Concluding Discussion.- List of Significant Dates.- Index.

O autorze

DAVID STURDY is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Ulster.