Louis XIII, the Just

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University of California Press, 08.08.1991 - 432 Seiten
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.
 

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Interpreting Louis XIII
1
THE FORMATION OF A KING 160115
17
LOUIS THE JUST COMES OF AGE 161524
77
FRENCH ABSOLUTISM IN THE MAKING 162435
153
Alais Mantua and the Day of Dupes
199
Governmental Revolution
220
THE LEGACY OF LOUIS XIII 163543
237
King and Culture
256
The Intimate Louis
273
Louis XIII Beyond the Grave
291
The Thirty Years War and the Habsburg challenge 161843
304
Bibliography
359
Index
383
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