The Age Of Louis Xiv by Will Durant
A panoramic portrait of the reign of Louis XIV that shows how the consolidation of royal authority, the ritualized court life at Versailles, and mercantilist economic policies made France the leading power of Europe while provoking expensive wars and internal strains; it interweaves political and administrative reform, religious conflict (notably the revocation of the Edict of Nantes), diplomatic rivalry, and a flowering of arts and sciences to explain how a brilliant cultural zenith coexisted with pressures that would later weaken the monarchy.
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