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Louis Xiii The Just

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Author : A. Lloyd Moote
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1991-08-08

Louis Xiii The Just written by A. Lloyd Moote and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-08-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In this fascinating biography, A. Lloyd Moote provides the first authoritative account of one of the most enigmatic figures of seventeenth-century Europe. Contrary of popular portrayals of the monarch as a hapless kind, Moote argues that Louis XIII was a ruler who powerfully shaped his people's destiny.

Louis Xiii The Just

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Author : A. Lloyd Moote
language : en
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Release Date : 1989

Louis Xiii The Just written by A. Lloyd Moote and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Louis Xiii

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Author : Michael Hone
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-07

Louis Xiii written by Michael Hone and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07 with categories.

This is the story of two kings, one, Louis XIII, wore a gold crown, the second, Cardinal Richelieu, a red biretta. They were the original odd couple, and would die together, two old men who would put to death perhaps the most beautiful, vibrant boy of Renaissance France, Cinq-Mars, and bury another, Louis' first lover, the man who showed Louis the way to becoming, himself, a man. Louis was a mystery to the world, and certainly even more of a mystery to himself; Richelieu put France on the road to empire and absolutism. Louis XIII was known as Louis the Just, notwithstanding the fact that he beheaded lovers he had adored, and Louis the Chaste, despite his welcoming as many boys in his bed as Don Juan did girls (and an occasional lad). He was nonetheless chaste enough concerning women, so much so that his lover Luynes had to carry him bodily to the bed of his new bride, remaining at his side while encouraging him to ''honor'' her--three years after the wedding! It took him another 20 years to produce the prodigious Louis XIV. Thanks to Richelieu and Louis, in that order, France replaced Spain as the world's greatest power, and had Napoleon not sold off half of America to pay for wars that cost the lives of a million boys, this book would most probably be in French, arguably the world's most beautiful language (while English is arguably the most dynamic).

Louis Xiv

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Author : John Abbott
language : en
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Release Date : 2016-11-18

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This is a well-written biography of King Louis XIV of France. The book opens with a summary of his parents, Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. Louis XIII was a mere teenager at his wedding; Anne just eleven. It was common place for nobles to marry this young during the 1600s, which seems inconceivable from a twenty-first century perspective.Louis XIII died when his son was seven, leaving Anne to rule France as regent. Louis XIV was crowned king of France at the age of thirteen. It seems incredible that one so young should be given so much power. This perhaps was the first contributing factor to turning him into a man who instigated many cruelties to his subjects.What Louis did to Frenchmen of the Protestant faith competes with what Hitler did to the Jews. He wanted France to be populated by Catholics only. Any Protestant who refused to convert would be assaulted by soldiers without mercy or even killed. This extended to young children, though many children were torn from the homes and forced to live with adult Catholics, who'd force them to adapt to their faith.Louis was power-obsessed. At one point he declared war on the Dutch with no apparent reason. Many of his actions shocked the rest of Europe in the latter half of the 1600s and the early 1700s.Louis was also fickle regarding women. He would flirt with his favourite mistresses without a thought for the queen. When a new young beauty caught his eye he'd focus his attentions on her, not caring how he mentally tortured his previous 'favourite'. Again and again his treatment of women proved heartless. As John Abbott - the author of this fine work - points out in the brief intro, Louis XIV's actions and cruelties to his subjects sewed the seeds of the French Revolution. Many of the poor starved so Louis could live in luxury and spend endless amounts of the treasury on creating new buildings.Despite all Louis XIV's faults, he was an interesting - and at times fascinating - character. I recommend this work to anyone interested in French or European history, or to those interested in historical figures who made a huge impact on the world, be it good or bad.

La vie de ce roi cornélien secret et solitaire, grand voyageur et infatigable soldat, qui semble tenir le second rôle d'une tragédie menée par Richelieu.

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