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Louis XIV,

Author: John B Wolf
Publisher: New York, Norton [1968]
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : [1st ed.]View all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Biographies
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Wolf, John B. (John Baptiste), 1907-1996.
Louis XIV.
New York, Norton [1968]
(OCoLC)756449632
Named Person: Louis, King of France; Louis, roi de France; Ludwig, Frankreich König XIV.
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John B Wolf
OCLC Number: 712450
Description: xix, 678 p. illus., coat of arms, maps, port. 25 cm.
Contents: TABLE OF CONENTS --
Louis le Dieudonne --
The formation of the regency government --
The boy-king --
The "fronde" I: parlementary, 1648-49 --
The "fronde" II: the princes --
The education of the king: I --
The education of the king: II --
The young king: family and court --
The Mancini crisis --
The last act under Mazarin --
The new government: there shall be no minister-favorite --
The collaborators of the king --
The "métier" of the king --
High policy --
The war of devolution --
The Dutch war: assault --
The Dutch war: threat of defeat, 1673-75 --
The Dutch war: last phase --
The court of Apollo --
The young king: his wife, mother, mistresses --
Maturity: the royal family --
The aging lion: husband, father, grandfather --
The cult of the king --
One god, one king, one law --
A policy of violence and terror --
Descent into the maelstrom --
The first world war: Louvois --
The first world war: Louis --
The Spanish inheritance --
The war of the two crowns: first years --
From Blenheim to Oudenarde --
The peace that failed --
Peace for Europe --
The last act.
Responsibility: by John B. Wolf.

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