The age of Louis XIV: a history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Pete the Great and Spinoza, 1648-1715 0671012150, 9781451647655, 9780671012151

The Story Of Civilization - Part 8 - The Age Of Louis XIV

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Boisguilbert Economist of the Reign of Louis XIV 9780231879033

An "appreciative exposition" on the writings of Boisguilbert, with special emphasis on his descriptions of tra

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Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV: Interpreting the Art of Elegance [1 ed.] 0896728579, 9780896728578

Between 1678 and 1710, Parisian presses printed hundreds of images of elegantly attired men and women dressed in the lat

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Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Complete 9781985336773

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The Fountain of Latona: Louis XIV, Charles Le Brun, and the Gardens of Versailles 9780812298376

Ovid tells the story of Latona, the mother by Jupiter of Apollo and Diana. In her flight from the jealous Juno, she arri

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The Substance of Civilization: Materials and Human History from the Stone Age to the Age of Silicon [1 ed.]

The story of human civilization can be read most deeply in the materials we have found or created, used or abused. They

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Heroes of History: a Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age 074322910X, 9780743229104

In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces -- The Story of Civilization. Durant completed twenty-one of a prop

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The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667 - 1714 0582056292, 9780582056299

Warfare dominated the long reign of Louis XIV. From 1672, France was continuously at war for over 40 years across Europe

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The Dream of Absolutism: Louis XIV and the Logic of Modernity 9780226803975

The Dream of Absolutism examines the political aesthetics of power under Louis XIV. What was absolutism, and how did it

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The Story Of Civilization - Part 4 - The Age Of Faith

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