The Quest for Security, 1715-1740, Volume 8The plates, which precede t.-p., have half-title: Fifty-four illustrations drawn from unusual sources and specially chosen by the author.Map on lining-papers."First edition." Bibliography: p. 264-291. |
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... LOUIS XIV ON AUGUST 26 , 1715 , Louis XIV of France , dying , spent much of the day in a series of solemn farewells to his court , his relatives , and to Madame de Maintenon . Toward evening he ordered Madame de Venta- dour , the great ...
... LOUIS XIV ON AUGUST 26 , 1715 , Louis XIV of France , dying , spent much of the day in a series of solemn farewells to his court , his relatives , and to Madame de Maintenon . Toward evening he ordered Madame de Venta- dour , the great ...
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... Louis XV had died , the only remaining legitimate male descendants of Louis XIV would have been Louis XV's uncle , Philip V , King of Spain , and that king's sons . But the Spanish Bourbons were barred from the French throne by the ...
... Louis XV had died , the only remaining legitimate male descendants of Louis XIV would have been Louis XV's uncle , Philip V , King of Spain , and that king's sons . But the Spanish Bourbons were barred from the French throne by the ...
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... Louis XIV had called a fanfaron de crimes , paraded not merely his immorality and atheism but his very amateurish ... Louis XIV had made a will putting the Regency in commission , with the Duke of Orleans as chairman of a council . The ...
... Louis XIV had called a fanfaron de crimes , paraded not merely his immorality and atheism but his very amateurish ... Louis XIV had made a will putting the Regency in commission , with the Duke of Orleans as chairman of a council . The ...
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