Louis Xiv An Informal Portrait
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Louis Xiv An Informal Portrait
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Author : Warren Hamilton Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Louis Xiv An Informal Portrait written by Warren Hamilton Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with France categories.
Louis The Fourteenth
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Author : Warren Hamilton Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Louis The Fourteenth written by Warren Hamilton Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with categories.
The Life And Times Of Louis Xiv
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Author : Alfredo Panicucci
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The Life And Times Of Louis Xiv written by Alfredo Panicucci and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with France categories.
It was Voltaire who gave to the 17th century the name that it retains to this day, 'The century of Louis XIV'. This phrase is not just a fond tribute to a favourite ruler; it is a factual description of an age that was dominated by the longest reign in European history - the reign of the 'Sun King'. Louis was King of France for 72 years, during which time France became the most powerful and brilliant country in Europe. What was it like to live in the splendid age of the Sun King? this book is your chance to see for yourself. It is a recreation of the life and times of Louis, a living portrait of the King and his world.
Louis Xiv
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Author : Vincent Cronin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Louis Xiv written by Vincent Cronin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Louis XIV was the greatest of all French monarchs. Coming to the throne at the age of five, he ruled for 72 years and presided over the finest flourishing of French culture and one of its greatest periods of expansionist and military glory. This biography uses contemporary sources to examine the sort of monarch Louis XIV really was. The book provides an overview of the entire civilization inspired by and reflecting the glory of the Sun King and so, while the character of Louis himself remains in the foreground, artists like Racine, Moliere, Lully and Mansart (the architect of Versailles) share the middle-ground with politicians such as Cardinal Mazarin and courtiers such as the King’s mistress, Louise de la Valliere. Vincent Cronin’s gracefully written biography of Le Roi Soleil, founded on Cronin’s deep knowledge of this period of French history, provides an illuminating portrait of the king and his court.
Louis Xiv With Portraits
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Author : Jacques ROUJON
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Louis Xiv With Portraits written by Jacques ROUJON and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with categories.
Louis Xiv King Of France And Navarre Etc With Portraits
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Author : Cecil Scott Forester
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1928
Louis Xiv King Of France And Navarre Etc With Portraits written by Cecil Scott Forester and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1928 with categories.
Louis Xiv King Of France And Navarre
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Author : Cecil Scott Forester
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1928
Louis Xiv King Of France And Navarre written by Cecil Scott Forester and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1928 with France categories.
Louis Xiv S Architect
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Author : Richard Ballard
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2023-12-30
Louis Xiv S Architect written by Richard Ballard and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is a study of royal absolutism in a most extreme form in modern European history, and of the nature of Louis XIV's concept of personal glory and of the embodiment of France as a new superpower. It is a study of political ideas expressed in architecture to establish Versailles as the centre of French world power and royal prestige. It is also a personal story, full of social, cultural, and economic history of the period as seen in the life and work of Louis Le Vau, from a humble family of craftsmen, who was a self-taught architect in the early history of the profession, skilled in technical craft skills and even grand design. He was a major contributor to the architectural glories of Paris including the Louvre, Vincennes, Versailles and the College of the Four Nations. And all achieved despite interference from the great magnates of the age like Mazarin and Colbert and constant mind-changing by the King who wanted every feature in the buildings to reflect his concept of personal, royal, prestige. Le Vau was Louis XIV's First Architect from 1654 until his death and disgrace in 1670. The social, cultural, economic and political backdrop is striking with court intrigue, scandal, corruption, luxury, indulgence and the rise of a rich bourgeoisie, but the main thrust of the story concerns Louis XIV and the royal personal ambition, and the work of a stone-cutter's son who became the Sun King's instrument. The study is good on the more technical features of architectural history - reminiscent of Pevsner's marvellous Buildings of England series.
La Vie Sensible De Louis Xiv With Portraits
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Author : Madeleine CLEMENCEAU JACQUEMAIRE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
La Vie Sensible De Louis Xiv With Portraits written by Madeleine CLEMENCEAU JACQUEMAIRE and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with categories.
Life Times Of Louis Xiv
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Author : Enzo Orlandi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Life Times Of Louis Xiv written by Enzo Orlandi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with categories.