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A01=Geoffrey Treasure
absolutist monarchy political analysis
absolutist thinking
Ancien Regime politics
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Author_Geoffrey Treasure
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Chambre Des Comptes
Colbert De Croissy
Compagnie Du Saint Sacrement
court society studies
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Ferdinand III
French absolutism
French royal power
Henry III
Henry IV's Reign
Henry IV’s Reign
James III
King William III
La Chaise
La Tour
Lay Men
Louis XIV
Maison Du Roi
Marquise De Rambouillet
Marzarin's deliberate training
Mme De Maintenon
Mme De Montespan
Partition Treaties
personal philosophy
Philip III
Pope Clement XI
Port Royal Des Champs
religious conflict France
state formation theory
William III
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780582279582
- Weight: 720g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Nov 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Louis IV represents the apogee of French royal power and the Ancien Regime. Having restored the nation's finances and rebuilt the army, he embarked on a series of wars of conquest which made France universally feared and respected as the central power of continental Europe. In the age of Moliere, Corneille, Racine et al, French culture blossomed at the court of Versailles. The counterpoint to these achievements was the emasculation of the political and legal institutions that might have limited the exercise of the royal will. In this new history, Geoffrey Treasure explores a unique combination of a personal philosophy, moulded by absolutist thinking and propaganda, and by Marzarin's deliberate training. He examines the influences and traits which permitted the growth of this particular exercise of power and its descent into an absolutism that ultimately set France on the road to 1789.
