Louis XIII - The Just Moote (Paper)

1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-520-07546-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moote, A. Lloyd

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates
Preface
Introduction: Interpreting Louis XIII

PART I THE FORMATION OF A KING, 1601-15
1 A Dauphin's World
2 The Boy King
3 King, Estates, and State

PART II LOUIS THE JUST COMES OF AGE, 1615-24
4 Royal Marriage and Coup d'Etat
5 Seeking an Effective Mode of Governance
6 Fighting for Just Causes
7 Growing Up in Public

PART III FRENCH ABSOLUTISM IN THE MAKING, 1624-35
8 Partnership of King and Cardinal

9 Ordering Priorities

10 Alais, Mantua, and the Day of Dupes

11 Governmental Revolution

PART IV THE LEGACY OF LOUIS XIII, 1635-43
12 Warfare King, State, and Society

13 King and Culture

14 The Intimate Louis

Conclusion: Louis XIII Beyond the Grave

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography