Read Louis XIV - Books Library

Louis XIV

John B. Wolf

4.9/5 (13144 ratings)

Description:Although Louis XIV was a vitally important figure in European history, he had found no satisfactory biographer until now. The memoirists, particularly Saint-Simeon, have "fixed" the traditional image of Louis so firmly it is difficult to see him in any other light. John B. Wolf, challenging the myths and biases, has based this important and fascinating biography on Louis' own documents his diaries, decrees, and hundreds of the king's letters from the archives at Vincennes (heretofore almost unexploited). He presents the king as he appeared to his ministers, his diplomats, and his soldiers, rather than to the gossips of his court.We see Louis as a king earnestly seeking advice to help him govern wisely. The adulation that surrounded Louis, so often attributed to an egocentric megalomania, appears in a new light, as part of the mystique Louis needed to sustain the powers of his government. Here, too, the traditional picture often based upon Louis' deathbed remark, "I have loved war too much," is reinterpreted. Louis did not love war more than other princes of his day, but once engaged in war he found he could not terminate the conflicts because of the frictions of time and space, and the unwillingness of his enemies to disengage on terms he could accept.Professor Wolf focuses on the problems of high politics and warm which intrigued Louis and were his instruments of power. Without ignoring the fact that Louis was also a son, husband, lover, and father -- as well as king -- he gives us a striking new image of Louis as "soldier administrator" and a vivid, accurate picture of the king's impact on the military machine after 1691, his part in the drama of war, and in the emergence of a new Europe.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Louis XIV. To get started finding Louis XIV, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0393007537

Description: Although Louis XIV was a vitally important figure in European history, he had found no satisfactory biographer until now. The memoirists, particularly Saint-Simeon, have "fixed" the traditional image of Louis so firmly it is difficult to see him in any other light. John B. Wolf, challenging the myths and biases, has based this important and fascinating biography on Louis' own documents his diaries, decrees, and hundreds of the king's letters from the archives at Vincennes (heretofore almost unexploited). He presents the king as he appeared to his ministers, his diplomats, and his soldiers, rather than to the gossips of his court.We see Louis as a king earnestly seeking advice to help him govern wisely. The adulation that surrounded Louis, so often attributed to an egocentric megalomania, appears in a new light, as part of the mystique Louis needed to sustain the powers of his government. Here, too, the traditional picture often based upon Louis' deathbed remark, "I have loved war too much," is reinterpreted. Louis did not love war more than other princes of his day, but once engaged in war he found he could not terminate the conflicts because of the frictions of time and space, and the unwillingness of his enemies to disengage on terms he could accept.Professor Wolf focuses on the problems of high politics and warm which intrigued Louis and were his instruments of power. Without ignoring the fact that Louis was also a son, husband, lover, and father -- as well as king -- he gives us a striking new image of Louis as "soldier administrator" and a vivid, accurate picture of the king's impact on the military machine after 1691, his part in the drama of war, and in the emergence of a new Europe.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Louis XIV. To get started finding Louis XIV, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Louis XIV

Louis XIV

More Books

The Barbary Coast: Algeria Under the Turks

The Barbary Coast: Algeria Under the Turks

The Emergence of the Great Powers, 1685-1715 (The Rise of Modern Europe)

The Emergence of the Great Powers, 1685-1715 (The Rise of Modern Europe)

Tall Man in Ray-Bans (John Tall Wolf, #1)

Tall Man in Ray-Bans (John Tall Wolf, #1)

France, 1815 to the present / [by] John B. Wolf. Volume 1958 1958 [Leather Bound]

France, 1815 to the present / [by] John B. Wolf. Volume 1958 1958 [Leather Bound]

By John B. Wolf Louis XIV [Hardcover]

By John B. Wolf Louis XIV [Hardcover]

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust

[Louis XIV] [By: John B. Wolf] [July, 1974]

[Louis XIV] [By: John B. Wolf] [July, 1974]

Big Medicine (John Tall Wolf, #5)

Big Medicine (John Tall Wolf, #5)

Louis XIV: A Profile (World Profiles)

Louis XIV: A Profile (World Profiles)