Louis XIV and the Origins of the Dutch War
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780521531344
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; History - General History; Netherlands; Europe - General; History / Europe / General
First sentence: On August 14, 1667, the handsome 28-year-old Louis XIV of France, accompanied by his brother, by ministers, generals, courtiers, and by an army of 25,000 men, was laying siege in the hot sun to the great Flemish city of Lille.
Notes: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History