Louis XIV and twenty million Frenchmen
By: Pierre Goubert ; translated from the French by Anne Carter
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780394717517
Subjects: Biographies; History; Histoire; Rois et souverains
Work titles: Louis XIV et vingt millions de Français
Notes: Translation of Louis XIV et vingt millions de Français.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-331) and index.
Table of contents: title: The inheritance: France under Mazarin. Demography ; Economy ; Society ; The governing institutions; title: 1661-79: the time of action. 1661: the young king in quest of glory ; Twelve great years 1661-72 ; The first turning point (1672-9); title: 1679-89: the time of scorn: great options and great changes. Religious despotism ; The armed peace to the general coalition (1679-88) ; The king and the realm before the great trial (1688); title: 1689-1714: the time of trial. The second coalition (1689-97) ; The respite (1697-1701) ; The last coalition (1702-14); title: 1715: the time of reckoning. The last year ; Louis XIV: the universal man; title: Appendix one: interest rates; title: Appendix two: glossary of technical terms.